Effects of MacroH2A and H2A.Z on Nucleosome Dynamics as Elucidated by Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 327-337

  Bowerman, Samuel ^a   Wereszczynski, Jeff ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE H2A.F-Z; MACROH2A HISTONE; NUCLEOSOME;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; HISTONES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84955474858     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.12.015     Document Type: Article

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