## Abstract Formation of a flagellar filament of Salmonella from its component protein, flagellin, is in principle a selfβassembly process, which proceeds by the addition of flagellin monomers one by one to the distal end of the filament. Upon their polymerization, a conformational change of flagel
Chromatin assembly in vitro and in vivo
β Scribed by Stephen M. Dilworth; Colin Dingwall
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 833 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0265-9247
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β¦ Synopsis
The assembly of nucleosomes and higherorder chromatin structures has been extensively studied in vitro. Provided that non-specific charge interactions are controlled, all the information for correct assembly is found to be inherent in the macromolecular components. Cellular extracts which can assemble chromatin in vitro with nucleosomes correctly spaced on the D N A have been studied in detail and also used to investigate the role of chromatin structure in transcription. However, the mechanisms of chromatin assembly in vivo are still controversial.
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