Differential replication and DNA elimination in the polytene chromosomes of Euplotes crassus

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 755-768

  Frels, John S ^a   Tebeau, Christopher M ^a   Doktor, Stella Z ^a   Jahn, Carolyn L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; MACRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMENOPHOREA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

EUPLOTES; MONEUPLOTES CRASSUS; POLYMENOPHOREA;

EID: 0029875576     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.7.5.755     Document Type: Article

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