Transcription and the territory: The ins and outs of gene positioning

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 298-302

  Williams, Ruth R E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,6 DICHLOROBENZIMIDAZOLE RIBOSIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037529048     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(03)00109-4     Document Type: Review

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