Visualizing telomere dynamics in living mammalian cells using PNA probes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 6631-6641

  Molenaar, Chris ^a   Wiesmeijer, Karien ^a   Verwoerd, Nico P ^a   Khazen, Shadi ^a   Eils, Roland ^b   Tanke, Hans J ^a   Dirks, Roeland W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Intelligent Bioinformatics Systems   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALT; Live cell imaging; PML; PNA; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLASS;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OSTEOSARCOMA CELL; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; TELOMERE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BONE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MOVEMENT; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OSTEOSARCOMA; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0346993718     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg633     Document Type: Article

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