Zooming in on single active genes in living mammalian cells

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-79

  Yunger, Sharon ^a   Kalo, Alon ^a   Kafri, Pinhas ^a   Sheinberger, Jonathan ^a   Lavi, Erez ^a   Neufeld, Noa ^a   Shav Tal, Yaron ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Live cell imaging; Nucleus; Promoter; RNA polymerase II; Single allele; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL SPREADING; CHROMATIN; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84879798088     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-013-1100-2     Document Type: Review

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