The cellular organization of gene expression

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 323-331

  Misteli, Tom ^a   Spector, David L ^a  

^a Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; INTERPHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031834613     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(98)80007-0     Document Type: Article

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