Toward sequencing the Tetrahymena genome: Exploiting the gift of nuclear dimorphism

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 328-333

  Orias, Eduardo ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Dictyostelium discoides; Genome sequencing; Model organisms; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Tetrahymena thermophila

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM; DIPLOIDY; GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOME ORGANIZATION; NUCLEAR GENOME; POLYPLOIDY;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DICTYOSTELIUM; EUKARYOTA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0033907075     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2000.tb00057.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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