Regulatory sequences for the amplification and replication of the ribosomal DNA minichromosome in Tetrahymena thermophila

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 7237-7247

  Blomberg, Pontus ^a,b   Randolph, Caterina ^a   Yao, Ching Ho ^a   Yao, Meng Chao ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENE DELETION; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; TANDEM REPEAT; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0030679564     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.12.7237     Document Type: Article

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