Essential and nonessential histone H2A variants in Tetrahymena thermophila

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 4305-4311

  Liu, Xiuwen ^a   Li, Bing ^a   Gorovsky, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2A;

ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CHROMATIN; EVOLUTION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029954395     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.8.4305     Document Type: Article

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