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Chromatin physics: Replacing multiple, representation-centered descriptions at discrete scales by a continuous, function-dependent self-scaled model

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This commentary on the inspiring works and ideas by Langowski, Mangeol et al., Lee et al., Bundschuh and Gerland, Schiessel, Vaillant et al., Lesne and Victor, Claudet and Bednar, Fuks, Allemand et al., and Blossey, all appearing in this issue (Eur. Phys. J. E 19 (2006)), expresses our felt need of novel approaches to chromatin modeling.

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    C. Lavelle

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    A. Benecke

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Lavelle, C., Benecke, A. Chromatin physics: Replacing multiple, representation-centered descriptions at discrete scales by a continuous, function-dependent self-scaled model. Eur. Phys. J. E 19, 379–384 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2005-10059-9

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