Nuclear organization and gene expression: Homologous pairing and long-range interactions

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 388-395

  Henikoff, Steven ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; INTERPHASE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SILENCER GENE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031005686     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80012-9     Document Type: Article

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