Association between active genes occurs at nuclear speckles and is modulated by chromatin environment

The Rockefeller University Press $30.00 J. Cell Biol. Vol. 182 No. 6 1083–1097 www.jcb.org/cgi/doi/10.1083/jcb.200803174 JCB 1083 Correspondence to Veronica J. Buckle: veronica.buckle@imm.ox.ac.uk Abbreviations used in this paper: BAC, bacterial artifi cial chromosome; BrUTP, bromo-UTP; CTD, carboxy-terminal domain; DRB, 5,6-dichlorobenzimidazole 1D -ribofuranoside; ERAF, erythroid-associated factor; M-FISH, multicolor FISH; MIG, mitotic interchromatin granule; RNApolII, RNA polymerase I

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