Creation and use of antisense ribosomes in Tetrahymena thermophila

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 62, 2000, Pages 533-547

  Fan, Qichang ^a,b   Sweeney, Rosemary ^a,b   Yao, Meng Chao ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; PROTOZOAL RNA;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0033988265     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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