Association of the telomere-telomere-binding protein complex of hypotrichous ciliates with the nuclear matrix and dissociation during replication

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1861-1866

  Postberg, Jan ^a   Juranek, Stefan A ^a   Feiler, Sabine ^a   Kortwig, Heike ^a   Jönsson, Franziska ^a   Lipps, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Gene sized DNA molecules; Nuclear localization; Replication band; Telomere binding protein

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; DNA REPLICATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE ORDER; GENE STRUCTURE; MACRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HYPOTRICHIDA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEAR MATRIX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TELOMERE;

EID: 0034990775     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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