CENP-A and H3 Nucleosomes Display a Similar Stability to Force-Mediated Disassembly

CENP-C directs a structural transition of CENP-A nucleosomes mainly through sliding of DNA gyres

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CENP-C directs a structural transition of CENP-A nucleosomes mainly through sliding of DNA gyres

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Copper-free click chemistry for attachment of biomolecules in magnetic tweezers

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CENP-A octamers do not confer a reduction in nucleosome height by AFM

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CENP-A confers a reduction in height on octameric nucleosomes

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Structure of a CENP-A-histone H4 heterodimer in complex with chaperone HJURP

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Structural Constraints in Collaborative Competition of Transcription Factors against the Nucleosome

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Epigenetic engineering shows H3K4me2 is required for HJURP targeting and CENP-A assembly on a synthetic human kinetochore

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The Histone Chaperone Nap1 Promotes Nucleosome Assembly by Eliminating Nonnucleosomal Histone DNA Interactions

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HJURP binds CENP-A via a highly conserved N-terminal domain and mediates its deposition at centromeres

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Hidden Markov Analysis of Nucleosome Unwrapping Under Force

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Centromere-Specific Assembly of CENP-A Nucleosomes Is Mediated by HJURP

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10 Years of Tension on Chromatin: Results from Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy

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Single-molecule force spectroscopy: optical tweezers, magnetic tweezers and atomic force microscopy

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