Modifications of chromatin structure and gene expression following induced alterations of cellular shape

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1447-1461

  Vergani, Laura ^a   Grattarola, Myriam ^a   Nicolini, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell shape; Chromatin structure remodelling; Gene transcription; Nuclear architecture; Structure function relationship

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN C JUN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EVALUATION; FIBROBLAST; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C MYC; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CELL ADHESION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CHO CELLS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COLLAGEN; CRICETINAE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERS; PROTO-ONCOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 2442548917     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2003.11.015     Document Type: Article

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