Telomere-surrounding regions are transcription-permissive 3D nuclear compartments in human cells

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-64

  Quina, Ana Sofia ^a,b   Parreira, Leonor ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Active genes; Centromeres; Gene transcripts; Nuclear organization; Telomeres; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA PROCESSING; TELOMERE;

EID: 19544366590     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2005.02.025     Document Type: Article

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