The influence of the cylindrical shape of the nucleosomes and H1 defects on properties of chromatin.

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Published in Biophys J on January 30, 2008

Authors

Philipp M Diesinger1, Dieter W Heermann

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physics, Institut für Theoretische Physik, and Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.

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