Association of the nucleolar transcription factor UBF with the transcriptionally inactive rRNA genes of pronuclei and early Xenopus embryos

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 110, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2053-2063

  Bell, Peter ^a   Mais, Christine ^a   McStay, Brian ^b   Scheer, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

In vitro nuclei; Nucleolus; rRNA gene; UBF; Xenopus development

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CHROMOSOME NOR; EMBRYO; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; RNA GENE; TATA BOX; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030767186     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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