Show and tell: Visualizing gene expression in living cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 120, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2301-2307

  Rafalska Metcalf, Ilona U ^a   Janicki, Susan M ^a  

^a WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Gene expression; Live cell imaging; Nuclear organization; RNA; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL KINETICS; CHROMATIN; CYTOGENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34547764936     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.008664     Document Type: Note

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