Active and inactive genes localize preferentially in the periphery of chromosome territories

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1195-1205

  Kurz, Anette ^a   Lampel, Stefan ^a   Nickolenko, Jeremy E ^a   Bradl, Joachim ^b   Benner, Axel ^a   Zirbel, Rebekka M ^a   Cremer, Thomas ^b   Lichter, Peter ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DNA DETERMINATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DYSTROPHIN; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; GLOBINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030443307     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.5.1195     Document Type: Article

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