Nucleosomal arrays self-assemble into supramolecular globular structures lacking 30-nm fibers

EMBO Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1115-1132

  Maeshima, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Rogge, Ryan ^c   Tamura, Sachiko ^a   Joti, Yasumasa ^b,d   Hikima, Takaaki ^b   Szerlong, Heather ^c   Krause, Christine ^c   Herman, Jake ^c   Seidel, Erik ^c   Deluca, Jennifer ^c   Ishikawa, Tetsuya ^b   Hansen, Jeffrey C ^c  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b RIKEN SPring 8 Center   (Japan)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

10 nm chromatin fiber; analytical ultracentrifugation; microscopy; nucleosomal array; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; NUCLEOSOME;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PACKAGING; EUCHROMATIN; FIBER; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERPHASE; NUCLEOSOME; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HELA CELL LINE; METABOLISM;

DNA; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; NUCLEOSOMES;

EID: 84963853509     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embj.201592660     Document Type: Article

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