Alternate junctions and microheterogeneity of Tlr1, a developmentally regulated DNA rearrangement in Tetrahymena thermophila

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 518-522

  Patil, Namrata S ^a   Hempen, Paula M ^a,b   Udani, Rupa A ^a   Karrer, Kathleen M ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

A rule; Ciliates; Inverted repeats; Rearrangement variants

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0031240037     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1997.tb05733.x     Document Type: Article

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