Number of distinct patches of contact between DNA and histone octamer in nucleosome

Value 14 Unitless
Organism Eukaryotes
Reference Garcia HG, Grayson P, Han L, Inamdar M, Kondev J, Nelson PC, Phillips R, Widom J, Wiggins PA. Biological consequences of tightly bent DNA: the other life of a macromolecular celebrity. Biopolymers. 2007 Feb 585(2):115-30.PubMed ID17103419
Primary Source Davey CA, Sargent DF, Luger K, Maeder AW, Richmond TJ. Solvent mediated interactions in the structure of the nucleosome core particle at 1.9 a resolution.J Mol Biol. 2002 Jun 21319(5):1097-113PubMed ID12079350
Method X ray diffraction
Entered by Uri M
ID 103141