Mutational analysis of the structure and localization of the nucleolus in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-34

  Oakes, M ^a   Aris, J P ^b   Brockenbrough, J S ^b   Wai, H ^a   Vu, L ^a   Nomura, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuclear envelope; Nucleolus; Nucleus; Ribosomal DNA (rDNA); RNA polymerases I and II

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL NUCLEOLUS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE I; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032487530     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.1.23     Document Type: Article

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