Evolutionary conservation of sequences directing chromosome breakage and rDNA palindrome formation in tetrahymenine ciliates

Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1479-1487

  Coyne, Robert S ^a   Yao, Meng Chao ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALINDROMIC DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CILIA; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0030453843     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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