Nongenic, bidirectional transcription precedes and may promote developmental DNA deletion in Tetrahymena thermophila

Genes and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1287-1298

  Chalker, Douglas L ^a,b   Yao, Meng Chao ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliates; DNA rearrangement; Intergenic transcription; Nuclear development

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; CILIATE; DNA STRAND; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TARGETING; GERM LINE; MACRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0035872864     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.884601     Document Type: Article

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