Conserved features of TBE1 transposons in ciliated protozoa

Genetica

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-86

  Doak, Thomas G ^a   Witherspoon, David J ^a   Paul Doerder, F ^a,b   Williams, Kevin ^a   Herrick, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Oxytricha; Protein kinase; Sequence repeats; Telomere; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031416773     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018331118647     Document Type: Article

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