Actin of Histriculus cavicola: Characteristics of the highly divergent hypotrich ciliate actins

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 469-472

  Pérez Romero, Pilar ^a   Villalobo, Eduardo ^a   Díaz Ramos, Corín ^a   Calvo, Purificación ^a   Torres, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actin actin interactions; Actin myosin interactions; Alveolata; Ciliophora; DNase loop; Nucleotide binding sites; TATA box

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE PROBE; INVERTEBRATE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TATA BOX;

ALVEOLATA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; HISTRICULUS CAVICOLA; INVERTEBRATA; OXYTRICHIDAE;

EID: 0033200082     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1999.tb06063.x     Document Type: Article

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