Ultrastructural cytochemical analyses of nuclear functional architecture

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-14

  Fakan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA replication; Nuclear functions; Pre mRNA processing; Transcription; Ultrastructural cytochemistry

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA REPLICATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA REPLICATION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 1942488260     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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