Asymmetrical distribution of the transcriptionally competent NORs in mitosis

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-44

  Kalmárová, Markéta ^a,b   Kováčik, Lubomír ^a,b   Popov, Alexey ^a,b   Testillano, Sánchez Pilar ^c   Smirnov, Evgeny ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

4D imaging; Asymmetry; GFP UBF; Mitosis; NORs; UBF

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERPHASE; MAMMAL CELL; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMATIDS; HUMANS; MITOSIS; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; POL1 TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION COMPLEX PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 45549089752     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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