Molecular architecture of the amplified nucleoli of Xenopus oocytes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 709-718

  Mais, Christine ^a   Scheer, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibrillarin; Nucleolus; RDNA transcription; RNA polymerase I; UBF; Xenopus oocyte

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0035085612     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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