The intranuclear organization of normal, hemizygous and excision-deficient rRNA genes during developmental amplification in Tetrahymena thermophila

Chromosoma

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 233-242

  Ward, John G ^a   Blomberg, Pontus ^a,b   Hoffman, Noah ^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

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HEMIZYGOSITY; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0030819597     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050244     Document Type: Article

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