Homology-dependent maternal inhibition of developmental excision of internal eliminated sequences in Paramecium tetraurelia

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 7075-7085

  Duharcourt, Sandra ^a   Keller, Anne Marie ^b   Meyer, Eric ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENOME; MACRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CILIOPHORA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031754574     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.12.7075     Document Type: Article

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