Gene positioning and expression

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 338-345

  Egecioglu, Defne ^a   Brickner, Jason H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; NUCLEOPLASMIN; NUCLEOPORIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PORE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 79957814811     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2011.01.001     Document Type: Review

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