Developmentally programmed DNA rearrangement in Tetrahymena thermophila: Isolation and sequence characterization of three new alternative deletion systems

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 111-120

  Chau, Miu Fun ^a   Orias, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative deletion; Ciliate; Genomic subtraction; Programmed DNA rearrangement

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CIS ACTING ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 5; DELETION MUTANT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

CILIOPHORA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0029908097     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0248-4900(96)84773-3     Document Type: Article

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