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Electrostatic interactions with histone tails may bend linker DNA in chromatin
Author(s) -
Perico Angelo,
La Penna Giovanni,
Arcesi Luca
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
biopolymers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.556
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1097-0282
pISSN - 0006-3525
DOI - 10.1002/bip.20371
Subject(s) - linker , linker dna , chemistry , chromatin , dna , preprint , histone , biophysics , prophase , nucleosome , biochemistry , biology , physics , gene , computer science , quantum mechanics , operating system , meiosis
Is linker DNA bent in the 30‐nm chromatin fiber at physiological conditions? We show here that electrostatic interactions between linker DNA and histone tails including salt condensation and release may bend linker DNA, thus affecting the higher order organization of chromatin. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers 81: 20–28, 2006 This article was originally published online as an accepted preprint. The “Published Online” date corresponds to the preprint version. You can request a copy of the preprint by emailing the Biopolymers editorial office at biopolymers@wiley.com