Sequence-specific epigenetic effects of the maternal somatic genome on developmental rearrangements of the zygotic genome in Paramecium primaurelia

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 3589-3599

  Meyer, Eric ^a   Butler, Alain ^a   Dubrana, Karine ^a   Duharcourt, Sandra ^a   Caron, François ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CILIATE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MACRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE; ZYGOTE;

CILIOPHORA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM PRIMAURELIA;

EID: 0031011851     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.7.3589     Document Type: Article

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