There Are 4 Introns in the Gene Coding the DNA-binding Protein HCc of Crypthecodinium cohnii (Dinophyceae)

Fisheries Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 204-209

  Yoshikawa, Takeshi ^a   Uchida, Aritsune ^a   Ishida, Yuzaburo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basic nuclear protein; Dinoflagellate; Gene organization; HCc gene; Intron

Indexed keywords

CRYPTHECODINIUM COHNII; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0000719346     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.62.204     Document Type: Article

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