Constitutive expression, not a particular primary sequence, is the important feature of the H3 replacement variant HV2 in Tetrahymena thermophila

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 6303-6310

  Yu, Lanlan ^a   Gorovsky, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0030881925     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.11.6303     Document Type: Article

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