The two γ-tubulin-encoding genes of the ciliate Euplotes crassus differ in their sequences, codon usage, transcription initiation sites and poly(A) addition sites

Gene

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-60

  Tan, Ming ^a   Heckmann, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliated protozoa; Macronuclear chromosomes; Microtubule organizing center; Polyadenylation signal; Promoter; TATA box

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; DNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; CODON USAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; POLYMENOPHOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES CRASSUS; MONEUPLOTES CRASSUS; MYXOZOA; POLYMENOPHOREA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032571561     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00068-7     Document Type: Article

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