As a Nucleus Enters a Small Pore, Chromatin Stretches and Maintains Integrity, Even with DNA Breaks

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 446-449

  Irianto, Jerome ^a   Xia, Yuntao ^a   Pfeifer, Charlotte R ^a   Greenberg, Roger A ^a,b   Discher, Dennis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; POROSITY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; POROSITY;

EID: 85006043676     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.09.047     Document Type: Article

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