Ultrastructural localization of active genes in nuclei of A431 cells

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-18

  Wansink, Derick G ^a,b,c   Sibon, Ody C M ^b,d   Cremers, Fons F M ^b   Van Driel, Roel ^a   De Jong, Luitzen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 bromouridine 5' triphosphate; domain; electron microscopy; nuclear matrix; RNA polymerase II; transcription; ultrasmall gold

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SYNTHESIS;

BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEAR MATRIX; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029826893     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(199607)62:1<10::AID-JCB2>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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