Unwrapping of nucleosomal DNA ends: a multiscale molecular dynamics study.

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Published in Biophys J on February 21, 2012

Authors

Karine Voltz1, Joanna Trylska, Nicolas Calimet, Jeremy C Smith, Jörg Langowski

Author Affiliations

1: Biophysics of Macromolecules, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.

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