Three-dimensional visualization of transcription sites and their association with splicing factor-rich nuclear speckles

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 543-558

  Wei, Xiangyun ^a,c   Somanathan, Suryanarayan ^a   Samarabandu, Jagath ^a,b   Berezney, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Life Imaging Systems Inc   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser scanning confocal microscopy; Nuclear matrix; Nuclear speckles; Splicing factors; Transcription sites

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DACTINOMYCIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LASER MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA REPLICATION; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR MATRIX; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE I; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPLICEOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033538831     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.146.3.543     Document Type: Article

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