Differential Analysis of Active and Inactive Genes in Human Neutrophils by Chromosomal In Situ Hybridization

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-330

  Izumi, Shin Ichi ^a,b   Shin, Masashi ^a   Takano, Kunio ^b   Nakane, Paul K ^c   Koji, Takehiko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Essential Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Active and inactive chromatins; In situ hybridization; Neutrophil

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM MAGNESIUM DEPENDENT ENDONUCLEASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FRAGMENT; ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERPHASE; NEUTROPHIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0242458455     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.36.325     Document Type: Article

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