Loops Determine the Mechanical Properties of Mitotic Chromosomes

We introduce a new polymer model for mitotic chromosomes. The key assumption of the model is the ability of the chromatin fibre to cross-link to itself due to binding proteins. These protein-chromatin interactions are included by a probabilistic and dynamic mechanism. The hypothesis is motivated by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhang, Yang, Heermann, Dieter W.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3246460/