Differential expression of linker histone variants in Euplotes crassus

Gene

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 15-20

  Ray, S ^a   Jahn, C ^b   Tebeau, C M ^b   Larson, M N ^c   Price, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Ciliate; Histone H1

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CILIATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MACRONUCLEUS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMENOPHOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EUPLOTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; OPEN READING FRAMES;

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES; MONEUPLOTES CRASSUS; POLYMENOPHOREA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033614453     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00107-9     Document Type: Article

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