Conjugation-specific genes in the ciliate Euplotes crassus: Gene expression from the old macronucleus

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Ling, Zhong ^a   Ghosh, Susmita ^a   Jacobs, Mary Ellen ^a   Klobutcher, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA rearrangement; gene expression; internal eliminated sequence; intron; macronuclear development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031042429     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1997.tb05682.x     Document Type: Article

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