Immunocytogenetics: Localization of transcriptionally active rRNA genes in nucleoli and nucleolus organizer regions by use of human autoantibodies to RNA polymerase I

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 35-42

  Haaf, T ^a   Reimer, G ^b   Schmid, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

CHROMOSOME NOR; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOLUS;

ANIMAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMAN; MALE; METAPHASE; MICE; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RNA POLYMERASE I; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0023685126     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000132582     Document Type: Article

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