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Daniël P Melters1, Keir C Neuman2, Yamini Dalal3

  • 1Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, Bethesda, MD, USA. daniel.melters@nih.gov.

Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.)
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Atomic force microscopyChromatinChromosomeDiffusion constantHigh-speed AFMMean square displacement (MSD)Nucleosome

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