Job Opening for Nucleosome Mechanic: Flexibility Required
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Nanoscale Dissections of Chromatin Mechanobiology
3. Mechanical Signal Transduction into the Nucleus
3.1. Mechanical Communication between the Cytoskeleton and Chromatin
3.2. Chromatin Deformation in Response to Cell Motility
4. Mechanobiology of the Chromatin Fiber Across Scales
4.1. Computational Advances in Mechanobiology of Chromatin and Nucleosomes
4.2. Experimental Advances in Mechanobiology of Chromatin and Nucleosomes
5. Future Perspectives: Mechanobiology of Chromatin in Disease
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Pitman, M.; Melters, D.P.; Dalal, Y. Job Opening for Nucleosome Mechanic: Flexibility Required. Cells 2020, 9, 580. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9030580
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Chicago/Turabian StylePitman, Mary, Daniël P. Melters, and Yamini Dalal. 2020. "Job Opening for Nucleosome Mechanic: Flexibility Required" Cells 9, no. 3: 580. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9030580