Structural components of the nuclear body in nuclei of Allium cepa cells

Cell Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 68-73

  Tao, Wei ^a   Yan, Chang Hui ^a   Cai, Tao ^a   Hao, Shui ^b   Zhai, Zhong He ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Nuclear body; Nucleolus; Ribonucleoproteins; Structural component

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UBF;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; INTERPHASE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOLUS; ONION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SILVER STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; INTERPHASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ONIONS; PLANT COMPONENTS; POL1 TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION COMPLEX PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SILVER STAINING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035290324     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7290068     Document Type: Article

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