Nucleolar dominance: A model for rRNA gene silencing

Genes and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1207-1214

  McStay, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA GENE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SILENT GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; GENE SILENCING; GENES, RRNA; PLANTS;

EID: 33646597753     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1436906     Document Type: Review

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