Nuclear organization and transcriptional dynamics in Dictyostelium

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 576-586

  Stevense, Michelle ^a   Chubb, Jonathan R ^a   Muramoto, Tetsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Live cell imaging; Nuclear organization; Stochastic gene expression; Transcription

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DICTYOSTELIUM; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79956105128     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2011.01271.x     Document Type: Review

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