The radial nuclear positioning of genes correlates with features of megabase-sized chromatin domains

Chromosome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 735-752

  Kölbl, Alexandra C ^a   Weigl, Daniela ^a   Mulaw, Medhanie ^a,b   Thormeyer, Tobias ^a   Bohlander, Stefan K ^a,b   Cremer, Thomas ^a   Dietzel, Steffen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin organization; Gene positioning; Nuclear architecture

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 1; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LYMPHOMA CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84868215415     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-012-9309-9     Document Type: Article

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