Nuclear architecture and chromatin dynamics in interphase nuclei of arabidopsis thaliana

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 28-50

  Del Prete, Stefania ^a   Arpón, Javier ^a   Sakai, Kaori ^a   Andrey, Philippe ^a,b   Gaudin, Valérie ^a  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Chromosome territories; Heterochromatin; Interphase nucleus; Nuclear compartment

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME NOR; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; INTERPHASE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT CHROMATIN; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; EUCHROMATIN; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTRANUCLEAR SPACE; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GENOME; PLANT MODEL;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; HUMANS; INTERPHASE;

EID: 84907879430     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000363724     Document Type: Article

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