ncl-1 is required for the regulation of cell size and ribosomal RNA synthesis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1321-1329

  Frank, Deborah J ^a   Roth, Mark B ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; GENE PRODUCT; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 5S; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RIBOSOME; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL SIZE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; RNA POLYMERASE I; RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0032559797     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.140.6.1321     Document Type: Article

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