Genome organization and function: A view from yeast and arabidopsis

Molecular Plant

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 678-690

  Sáez Vásquez, Julio ^a   Gadal, Olivier ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

chromatin organization; nuclear body; Nuclear structure; nucleolus

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77955160803     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssq034     Document Type: Article

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