Sequence and transcript analysis of macronuclear histone H2B genes from Euplotes crassus

Gene

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 109-113

  Tebeau, Christopher M ^a   Jahn, Carolyn L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliated protozoa; Macronuclear development

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2B;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME; DNA REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIFE CYCLE; MACRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMENOPHOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON;

EUPLOTES; MONEUPLOTES CRASSUS; MYXOZOA; POLYMENOPHOREA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030874525     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00248-5     Document Type: Article

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