Positive DNA supercoiling generates a chromatin conformation characteristic of highly active genes.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on November 01, 1991

Authors

M S Lee1, W T Garrard

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1: Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.

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