Analysis of nuclear reconstitution, nuclear envelope assembly, and nuclear pore assembly using Xenopus in vitro assays

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 165-191

  Bernis, Cyril ^a   Forbes, Douglass J ^a  

^a SECTION OF CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

70kDa rhodamine dextran; BAPTA; MAb414; Membrane integrity; Nuclear envelope; Nuclear membrane assembly; Nuclear pore complex; Nuclear pore complex assembly; Nuclear pore free intermediates; Nuclear reconstitution assay; Vesicle vesicle fusion; Xenopus egg extract

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN; DNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR PORE; OOCYTE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; NUCLEAR PORE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OVUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84900849009     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-417160-2.00008-4     Document Type: Chapter

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