El significado del posicionamiento génico

Takumi Takizawa1, Karen J Meaburn, Tom Misteli

  • 1National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

Cell
|October 16, 2008
PubMed
Resumen

Los genomas están organizados no al azar dentro del núcleo. Este ensayo explora la relevancia funcional del posicionamiento espacial de genes y su vínculo con la actividad génica en eucariotas superiores.

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