Nuclear choreography: Interpretations from living cells

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-157

  Janicki, Susan M ^a   Spector, David L ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CHOREOGRAPHY; CHROMATIN; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0037376678     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(03)00012-7     Document Type: Review

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