Transcription upregulation via force-induced direct stretching of chromatin

Nature Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1287-1296

  Tajik, Arash ^a,b   Zhang, Yuejin ^a   Wei, Fuxiang ^a   Sun, Jian ^b   Jia, Qiong ^a   Zhou, Wenwen ^a   Singh, Rishi ^b   Khanna, Nimish ^c   Belmont, Andrew S ^c   Wang, Ning ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOMES; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INDUCED TRANSCRIPTION; LOADING DIRECTION; MAGNETIC TWISTING CYTOMETRY; MECHANICAL FORCE;

CHROMOSOMES;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; CRICETULUS; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAMSTER; MECHANICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELLS; CHROMATIN; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; NUCLEAR MATRIX; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84983507837     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4729     Document Type: Article

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