Organization of the macronuclear gene-sized pieces of stichotrichous ciliates into a higher order structure via telomere-matrix interactions

Chromosome Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 445-453

  Jönsson, Franziska ^a   Postberg, Jan ^a   Schaffitzel, Christiane ^b   Lipps, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

G quartet structure; Nuclear matrix; Telomere binding protein; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TELOMERE; ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HYPOTRICHIDA; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HYPOTRICHIDA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MATRIX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0036439572     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021065512933     Document Type: Article

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