H4 histone in the macronucleus of Blepharisma japoonicum (protozoa, ciliophora, heterotrichida)

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-98

  Salvini, Mariangela ^a,b   Bini, Elisabetta ^b   Santucci, Annalisa ^c   Batistoni, Renata ^b  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blepharisma japonicum; H4 histone; Heterotrich ciliate; Macronucleus; Unicellular eukaryote

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H4;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MACRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CILIOPHORA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0030981831     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00061-X     Document Type: Article

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