Regional and temporal specialization in the nucleus: A transcriptionally-active nuclear domain rich in PTF, Oct1 and PIKA antigens associates with specific chromosomes early in the cell cycle

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1768-1778

  Pombo, Ana ^a   Cuello, Paula ^a   Schul, Wouter ^b   Yoon, Jong Bok ^c   Roeder, Robert G ^d   Cook, Peter R ^a   Murphy, Shona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Br UTP; CLSM; FISH; Oct1; PTF

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMANITINS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DICHLORORIBOFURANOSYLBENZIMIDAZOLE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOST CELL FACTOR C1; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-1; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032536858     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.6.1768     Document Type: Article

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