In vivo localization of DNA sequences and visualization of large-scale chromatin organization using lac operator/repressor recognition

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 6 II, 1996, Pages 1685-1700

  Robinett, Carmen C ^a,d   Straight, Aaron ^b   Li, Gang ^a   Willhelm, Carol ^a,e   Sudlow, Gail ^a   Murray, Andrew ^b   Belmont, Andrew S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; METHOTREXATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE;

ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHO CELLS; CHROMATIDS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; CRICETINAE; DNA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAC OPERON; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; YEASTS;

EID: 0030461543     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.6.1685     Document Type: Article

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