Presence of pre-rRNAs before activation of polymerase I transcription in the building process of nucleoli during early development of Xenopus laevis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1167-1180

  Verheggen, Céline ^a,b   Panse, Sophie Le ^a   Almouzni, Geneviève ^b   Hernandez Verdun, Danièle ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Fibrillarin; Nucleolin; Nucleologenesis; Pre rRNA; UBF transcription factor; Xenopus development

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; FIBRILLARIN; NUCLEOLIN; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POL1 TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION COMPLEX PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE I; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 14444283146     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.5.1167     Document Type: Article

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