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SUMMARY:The Complex Structure of Chromatin
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Guido Tiana\, Università di Milano (I)\nSEMINARS IN BIO
 LOGICAL PHYSICSAbstract:\nChromatin is the whole DNA chain bound to protei
 ns and RNA in the cellular nucleus. It is believed that the biological rol
 e of chromatin is not only that of packing DNA in a small volume\, but als
 o that of controlling gene expression\, resulting in an epigenetic control
  on the cell. Recently\, a class of experimental techniques has been used 
 to obtain contact maps of chromatin on the length scale of few kilobases. 
 These contact maps are structured in blocks\, suggesting that the chromati
 n fiber is assembled in small globules. Making use of polymer theory and o
 f computer simulations based on the available experimental data\, we inves
 tigate the conformational properties of the chromatin chain\, trying to re
 late them to the activity of the associated genes.
LOCATION:BSP 727 (Cubotron) http://map.epfl.ch/?room=bsp727
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