A developmentally eliminated sequence in the flanking region of the histone H1 gene in Tetrahymena thermophila contains short repeats

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-197

  Huvos, Piroska E ^a   Wu, Min ^b,c   Gorovsky, Martin A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliated protozoan; Evolution; Internally eliminated sequence (IES); Repeated DNA

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MACRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0032030956     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb04524.x     Document Type: Article

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