Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Site Tools

  • AAAS
  • Subscribe
  • Feedback

Site Search

Search Advanced

Science 6 June 1997:
Vol. 276. no. 5318, pp. 1495 - 1497
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5318.1495
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Research News

CELL BIOLOGY:
How the Nucleus Gets It Together

Elizabeth Pennisi

At one time, cell biologists thought that the various reactions needed to make and then finish a messenger RNA--all of which are necessary if protein synthesis is to take place--could occur anywhere in the nucleus. But recent cytological and biochemical studies are revealing that the reactions are highly coordinated in space and time. Indeed, the synthetic and finishing reactions may be coupled with the aid of the synthesizing enzyme itself.

Read the Full Text


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Three-dimensional Visualization of Transcription Sites and Their Association with Splicing Factor–rich Nuclear Speckles.
X. Wei, S. Somanathan, J. Samarabandu, and R. Berezney (1999)
J. Cell Biol. 146, 543-558
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Brain Corticosteroid Receptor Balance in Health and Disease.
E. R. de Kloet, E. Vreugdenhil, M. S. Oitzl, and M. Joëls (1998)
Endocr. Rev. 19, 269-301
   Abstract »    Full Text »


ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)