A comparison of overamplified macronuclear chromosomes in the ciliate Stylonychia lemnae

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-38

  Kreyenberg, Hermann ^a   Witte, Hubert ^a,b   Ammermann, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Macronuclear chromosome; Overamplification; Sequence comparison

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CILIATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCING; MACRONUCLEAR CHROMOSOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA; STYLONYCHIA LEMNAE;

EID: 0032539971     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(98)80037-0     Document Type: Article

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