Deconstructing the nucleus: Global architecture from local interactions

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-263

  Marshall, Wallace F ^a   Fung, Jennifer C ^a   Sedat, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030988115     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(97)80136-0     Document Type: Article

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