Developmentally controlled rearrangement of surface protein genes in Paramecium tetraurelia

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 462-467

  Forney, James D ^a   Yantiri, Ferda ^a   Mikami, Kazuyuki ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciliate; DNA; macronucleus

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA;

EID: 0030443595     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb04505.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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