Gene regulation through nuclear organization

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1049-1055

  Sexton, Tom ^a   Schober, Heiko ^b,c   Fraser, Peter ^a   Gasser, Susan M ^b,c  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c Frontiers in Genetics National Center for Competence in Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUCHROMATIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PORE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 35848952522     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1324     Document Type: Review

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