Ultrastructural characterization of RPA-containing domains in nuclei assembled in Xenopus egg extracts

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 211-217

  Eltsov, Michail ^a,b   Grandi, Paola ^c   Raška, Ivan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chromatin; In vitro reconstituted sperm nuclei; Replication protein A; RPA body; Xenopus egg extracts

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033940733     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2000.4229     Document Type: Article

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