Nucleosome structure in diverse ionic environments
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1 Institute of Cytology, RAS, Tikhoretski ave. 4, Saint-Petersburg, RF, 194064 2 Institute of Physics, Nanotechnology and Telecommunications, NRU Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya 29, Saint-Petersburg, RF, 195251 3 Department of Molecular and Radiation Biophysics, National Research Centre ”Kurchatov Institute” B.P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Orlova Roscha, Gatchina, Leningrad District, RF, 188300 4 Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA 5 Biophysics Laboratories, St. Michael's Building, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 2DT, UK
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تاریخ انتشار 2015