Live images of RNA polymerase II transcription units

Chromosome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-232

  Patel, Snehal ^a   Novikova, Natalya ^a   Beenders, Brent ^a   Austin, Christopher ^a   Bellini, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Germinal vesicle; Lampbrush chromosome; Oocyte; Transcription unit; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

MINERAL OIL; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GERMINAL VESICLE; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MINERAL OIL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 40349102389     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-007-1189-z     Document Type: Article

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