Electron microscopy of DNA replication in 3-D: Evidence for similar-sized replication foci throughout S-phase

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 126-138

  Koberna, Karel ^a,b   Ligasová, Anna ^a,b   Malínský, Jan ^a,b   Pliss, Artem ^c   Siegel, Alan J ^c   Cvačková, Zuzana ^a,b   Fidlerová, Helena ^a,b   Mašata, Martin ^a,b   Fialová, Markéta ^a,b   Raška, Ivan ^a,b   Berezney, Ronald ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell nucleus; Chromatin; Electron microscopy; Immunogold labeling; Mammalian DNA replication; Replication foci; S phase

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; BIOTIN 16 DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DEOXYURIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS;

MAMMALIA;

DNA REPLICATION; FLUORESCENCE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; S PHASE;

EID: 20544466807     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20300     Document Type: Article

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