Micronuclear and macronuclear sequences of a Euplotes crassus gene encoding a putative nuclear protein kinase

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 389-392

  Hale, Cynthia A ^a,b   Jacobs, Mary Ellen ^a   Estes, Heather G ^a   Ghosh, Susmita ^a   Klobutcher, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA rearrangement; internal eliminated sequence; Ndr protein kinase; site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUPLOTES; MONEUPLOTES CRASSUS;

EID: 0030250097     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb05048.x     Document Type: Article

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