Synthesis, processing, and transport of RNA within the three-dimensional context of the cell nucleus

Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 191-201

  Dirks, Roeland W ^a,c   Hattinger, Claudia M ^b   Molenaar, Chris ^a   Snaar, Sabine P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FISH; Living cell microscopy; RNA processing; RNA transport; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033379048     PISSN: 10454403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevEukarGeneExpr.v9.i3-4.40     Document Type: Review

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