Salt induced transitions of chromatin core particles studied by tyrosine fluorescence anisotropy
Nucleic Acids ResearchPublished 1 January 1980Open access
Louis J. Libertini, Enoch W. Small
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Chromatin core particles containing 146 base pairs of DNA have been found to undergo a single defined transition below 10 mM ionic strength as studied by both sedimentation velocity and tyrosine fluorescence anisotropy.
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Chromatin core particles containing 146 base pairs of DNA have been found to undergo a single defined transition below 10 mM ionic strength as studied by both sedimentation velocity and tyrosine fluorescence anisotropy. A method is described for the preparation of such core particles from chicken erythrocytes with greater than 50% yield.
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