Assembly of the nuclear transcription and processing machinery: Cajal bodies (coiled bodies) and transcriptosomes

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4385-4402

  Gall, Joseph G ^a   Bellini, Michel ^a   Wu, Zheng'an ^a   Murphy, Christine ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOLIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMINAL VESICLE; NEWT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032740248     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.12.4385     Document Type: Article

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