Telomeric organization of a variable and inducible toxin gene family in the ancient eukaryote Giardia duodenalis

Genome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-46

  Upcroft, Peter ^a   Chen, Nanhua ^a   Upcroft, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE; REPETITIVE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONTROL; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STRESS; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031045546     PISSN: 10549803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.7.1.37     Document Type: Article

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