Large-scale chromatin organization and the localization of proteins involved in gene expression in human cells

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1303-1312

  Verschure, Pernette J ^a   Van Der Kraan, Ineke ^a   Enserink, Jorrit M ^a   Moné, Martijn J ^a   Manders, Erik M M ^a   Van Driel, Roel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Gene expression; Nuclear organization; Subnuclear domains

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERPHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA PROCESSING;

EID: 0036798795     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215540205001003     Document Type: Article

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