Visualization of large-scale chromatin structure and dynamics using the lac operator/lac repressor reporter system

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 58, 1999, Pages 203-222

  Belmont, Andrew S ^a   Li, Gang ^a   Sudlow, Gail ^a   Robinett, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LACI PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PHOTOPROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CELL CLONE; CHROMATIN; CONTACT DERMATITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LACTOSE OPERON; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; OPERATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CLONE CELLS; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0032608360     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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