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Fol. Biol. 2008, 54, 202-206

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2008054060202

Nucleolar Localization of Upstream Binding Factor in HeLa Cells Depends on rRNA Synthesis Activities

J. He1, W. Xu2, Wei Tao3

1Department of Life Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
2Psychological Research Center, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
3Department of Cell Biology, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China

Received November 2008
Accepted November 2008

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