Large-scale chromatin organization of the major histocompatibility complex and other regions of human chromosome 6 and its response to interferon in interphase nuclei

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1565-1576

  Volpi, Emanuela V ^a   Chevret, Edith ^a   Jones, Tania ^a   Vatcheva, Radost ^a   Williamson, Jill ^a   Beck, Stephan ^b   Campbell, R Duncan ^c   Goldsworthy, Michelle ^d   Powis, Stephen H ^d   Ragoussis, Jiannis ^e   Trowsdale, John ^f   Sheer, Denise ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC UK HGMP Resource Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human chromosome 6; IFN ; Interphase chromosome; MHC; Nuclear architecture

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERPHASE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERPHASE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034065032     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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