The Mechanical Properties of Single Chro
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S.H. Leuba; J. Zlatanova; M.A. Karymov; R. Bash; Y.-Z. Liu; D. Lohr; R.E. Harrin
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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An atomic force microscope was used to image and stretch single synthetic chromatin fibers consisting of twelve core nucleosomes with no linker histones. Peaks in the forcecurves are attributed to sequential detachment of nucleosomes from the glass support. The short distances between peaks and reve