Genome function and nuclear architecture: From gene expression to nanoscience

Genome Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6 A, 2003, Pages 1029-1041

  O'Brien, Timothy P ^a   Bult, Carol J ^a   Cremer, Christoph ^b   Grunze, Michael ^b   Knowles, Barbara B ^a   Langowski, Jörg ^c   McNally, James ^d   Pederson, Thoru ^e   Politz, Joan C ^e   Pombo, Ana ^f   Schmahl, Günter ^g   Spatz, Joachim P ^b   van Driel, Roel ^h  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0038375002     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.946403     Document Type: Review

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