Transcription sites are not correlated with chromosome territories in wheat nuclei

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-12

  Abranches, Rita ^a   Beven, Alison F ^a   Aragón Alcaide, Luis ^a   Shaw, Peter J ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BrUTP; Chromosome territory; Nuclear architecture; Plant; Transcription sites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; WHEAT;

CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES; GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERPHASE; SECALE CEREALE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

EMBRYOPHYTA; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032487442     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.1.5     Document Type: Article

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