Spatiotemporal sites of DNA replication in macro- and micronuclei of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum

Chromosome Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-164

  Tanaka, Tsubasa ^a   Watanabe, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciliated protozoa; DNA replication; Macronucleus; Micronucleus; Paramecium caudatum

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DNA; RNA; THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL LABELING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CILIATE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DISPERSION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MACRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA REPLICATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PARAMECIUM; STAINING AND LABELING;

CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037267580     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022820032433     Document Type: Article

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