Construction of synthetic nucleoli and what it tells us about propagation of sub-nuclear domains through cell division

Cell Cycle

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 2501-2508

  Grob, Alice ^a   McStay, Brian ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Mitotic bookmarking; Neo NOR; Neonucleoli; Nuclear bodies; Nucleolar Organizer Region (NOR); Nucleolus; Pseudo NOR; Synthetic biology; UBF

Indexed keywords

BIOGENESIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; EUKARYOTE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84907484380     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/15384101.2014.949124     Document Type: Review

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