Construction of synthetic nucleoli in human cells reveals how a major functional nuclear domain is formed and propagated through cell division

Genes and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 220-230

  Grob, Alice ^a   Colleran, Christine ^a   McStay, Brian ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Mitotic bookmarking; Neo NOR; Nucleolar organizer region (NOR); Nucleolus; Pseudo NOR; UBF

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPSTREAM BINDING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MITOSIS; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME;

MITOTIC BOOKMARKING; NEO-NOR; NUCLEOLAR ORGANIZER REGION (NOR); NUCLEOLUS; PSEUDO-NOR; UBF;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL CELLS; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEOLUS; HUMANS; MICE; MITOSIS; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; POL1 TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION COMPLEX PROTEINS; POLYRIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 84893475588     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.234591.113     Document Type: Article

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