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Abstract
Covalently closed circular DNA is known to undergo a temperature-dependent change in helical twist. We have reconstituted nucleosome core particles onto closed circular DNA and measured the thermal untwisting of the DNA as a function of nucleosome density. The results demonstrate that the DNA associated with the nucleosome core particle does not alter its twist when the temperature is varied between 4 degrees C and 37 degrees C, and that the length of DNA prevented from thermal untwisting includes the linker as well as the core DNA.Mesh:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3860814 PMCID: PMC390444 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.82.14.4653
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205