The epigenetics of the nucleolus: Structure and function of active and silent ribosomal RNA genes

Protein Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 57-82

  Santoro, Raffaella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ACTIVE RIBOSOMAL RNA GENE; ARTICLE; CELL REGENERATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME NOR; DNA REPLICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RIBOSOME; RNA GENE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SILENT RIBOSOMAL RNA GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 83455197111     PISSN: 18713025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0514-6_4     Document Type: Article

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