The nuclear chronicles: gene transcription and molecular traveling.

The transfer and processing of an RNA transcript from its locus of transcription on chromatin through the nuclear membrane to its site of translation on cytoplasmic ribosomes is a long and complex journey involving numerous processes and interactions with various macromolecules. These various steps that regulate gene expression were the subject of the 9th Winternational Symposium of the Canadian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology held at Manoir du Lac Delage, a small resort centre north of Quebec City on February 12-15, 1999.