Nuclear organization of RNA polymerase II transcription

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-30

  Davidson, Scott ^a   Macpherson, Neil ^a   Mitchell, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell nucleus; Chromosome conformation capture; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; RNA polymerase II; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERPHASE NUCLEUS; MULTIPLE INTERACTIONS; NUCLEAR ORGANIZATION; PROTEIN-CODING GENES; RNA POLYMERASE II;

CHROMOSOMES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE ENCODING; POLYMERS; RNA;

TRANSCRIPTION;

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INTERPHASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84874899015     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2012-0059     Document Type: Review

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