Nucleosome Organization is Quantitatively Described by Statistical Positioning Up- and Downstream of Transcription Start Sites
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Quantitative Test of the Barrier Nucleosome Model for Statistical Positioning of Nucleosomes Up- and Downstream of Transcription Start Sites
The positions of nucleosomes in eukaryotic genomes determine which parts of the DNA sequence are readily accessible for regulatory proteins and which are not. Genome-wide maps of nucleosome positions have revealed a salient pattern around transcription start sites, involving a nucleosome-free region (NFR) flanked by a pronounced periodic pattern in the average nucleosome density. While the peri...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.2592