The puff-like structure: An intranuclear structure for synthesis of ribonucleic acid polymerase II transcripts as revealed by the 5-bromouridine-5′-triphosphate labelling and immunoelectron microscopy

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 395-400

  Hu, Bo ^a   Xing, Miao ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

5 bromouridine 5 triphosphate labelling; Allium cepa; Immunoelectron microscopy; Puff like structure; RNA polymerase II

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346906492     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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