The spatial order of transcription in mammalian cells

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 609-617

  Levsky, Jeffrey M ^a   Shenoy, Shailesh M ^a   Chubb, Jonathan R ^a,b   Hall, Charles B ^a   Capodieci, Paola ^c   Singer, Robert H ^a,d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c Aureon Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiplex FISH; Single cell gene expression; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 35048814604     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21495     Document Type: Article

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