Cloning and characterization of extended hammerheads from a diverse set of caudate amphibians

Gene

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-190

  Zhang, Yi ^a,b   Epstein, Lloyd M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; SALAMANDER; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0029941783     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00126-6     Document Type: Article

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