Volatility of internal eliminated segments in germ line genes of hypotrichous ciliates

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 326-337

  DuBois, Michelle L ^a,b   Prescott, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CILIATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM LINE; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; OXYTRICHIDAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031022584     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.1.326     Document Type: Article

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