The long and the short of developmental dna deletion in Euplotes crassus

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 442-452

  Jacobs, Mary Ellen ^a   Klobutcher, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0030292687     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb04503.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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