Developmentally programmed DNA deletion in Tetrahymena thermophila by a transposition-like reaction pathway

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2858-2869

  Saveliev, Sergei V ^a   Cox, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliated protozoa; DNA cleavage; DNA deletion; DNA recombination; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DNA; HYDROXYL GROUP;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ESTERIFICATION; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0029931319     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00647.x     Document Type: Article

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