Nuclear organization: The plant nucleolus arranges chromosomes
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 17, 534 (2016).
doi:10.1038/nrm.2016.115
Author: Kim Baumann
The nucleolus — the site of rRNA gene transcription and ribosome biogenesis — is the largest nuclear body. Pontvianne et al. identified nucleolus-associated chromatin domains (NADs) in plants. Nucleoli were purified from Arabidopsis thaliana leaves and DNA sequencing revealed that, in addition to
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - Category: Cytology Authors: Kim Baumann Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research