Folding and organization of a contiguous chromosome region according to the gene distribution pattern in primary genomic sequence

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-38

  Shopland, Lindsay S ^a,b   Lynch, Christopher R ^a,b   Peterson, Kevin A ^a,b,e   Thornton, Kathleen ^b   Kepper, Nick ^c   Von Hase, Johann ^b,c   Stein, Stefan ^c   Vincent, Sarah ^b   Molloy, Kelly R ^a,d   Kreth, Gregor ^c   Cremer, Christoph ^a,b,c   Bult, Carol J ^a   O'Brien, Timothy P ^a,b,e  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 14; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; FIBROBLASTS; GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NIH 3T3 CELLS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33745593972     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200603083     Document Type: Article

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