In vivo, chromatin is a fluctuating polymer chain at equilibrium constrained by internal friction
Marius Socol, Renjie Wang, Daniel Jost, Pascal Carrivain, Cédric Vaillant, Éric Le Cam, Vincent Dahirel, Christophe Normand, Kerstin Bystricky, Jean‐Marc Victor, Olivier Gadal, Aurélien Bancaud
The paper models chromatin fiber dynamics in vivo, finding that transcription affects chromatin fluctuations through internal friction and transient contacts.
Nucleic Acids Research · May 9, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics