Separation of micronuclear DNA of Stylonychia lemnae by pulsed-field electrophoresis and identification of a DNA molecule with a high copy number

Genome Research

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 654-661

  Maercker, Christian ^a   Kortwig, Heike ^a   Lipps, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA; STYLONYCHIA LEMNAE;

EID: 0032772667     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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