Nuclear compartments and gene regulation

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-205

  Cockell, Moira ^a   Gasser, Susan M ^a  

^a SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; YEAST;

EID: 0033118342     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)80030-6     Document Type: Article

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