The role of transcription factories in large-scale structure and dynamics of interphase chromatin

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 691-697

  Sexton, Tom ^a   Umlauf, David ^a   Kurukuti, Sreenivasulu ^a   Fraser, Peter ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nuclear organization; Transcription; Transcription factories

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTERPHASE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 35648930913     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2007.08.008     Document Type: Review

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