Non-mendelian, heritable blocks to DNA rearrangement are induced by loading the somatic nucleus of Tetrahymena thermophila with germ line-limited DNA

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3658-3667

  Chalker, Douglas L ^a   Yao, Meng Chao ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME; GERM LINE; HERITABILITY; MACRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MICRONUCLEUS, GERMLINE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029953126     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.7.3658     Document Type: Article

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