Transcriptional memory at the nuclear periphery

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-133

  Brickner, Jason H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

EPIGENETICS; GAL1 GENE; GENE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INO1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; YEAST;

CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 60749090162     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.01.007     Document Type: Review

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