Simultaneous localization of transcription and early processing markers allows dissection of functional domains in the plant cell nucleolus

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-151

  De Cárcer, Guillermo ^a   Medina, Francisco Javier ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Br UTP incorporation; Confocal microscopy; Dense fibrillar component; Electron microscopy; Fibrillar centers; Immunofluorescence; Immunogold; Nucleolar proteins; Nucleolus; Run on in situ; Transcription

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLARIN; NUCLEOLIN;

ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL LABELING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OUTER MEMBRANE; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 0040992474     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1999.4187     Document Type: Article

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