Transcription factories

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 585-589

  Carter, David R F ^a   Eskiw, Christopher ^b   Cook, Peter R ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome conformation capture (3C); Chromosome organization; Genome organization; Locus control region; Transcription factory

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIBODY LABELING; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTRON; NUCLEOSOME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; GENOME; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 49349102296     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0360585     Document Type: Review

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