Imaging RNA Polymerase II transcription sites in living cells

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 126-130

  Buckley, Martin S ^a   Lis, John T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84899873434     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2014.01.002     Document Type: Review

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