The pattern of chromosome folding in interphase is outlined by the linear gene density profile

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 8379-8386

  Boutanaev, Alexander M ^a,b   Mikhaylova, Lyudmila M ^a   Nurminsky, Dmitry I ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME FOLDING; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE POOR REGION; GENE RICH REGION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; INHERITANCE; INTERPHASE; LINEAR GENE DENSITY PROFILE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENES, INSECT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 24344486744     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.18.8379-8386.2005     Document Type: Article

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