De novo cytosine methylation in the differentiating macronucleus of the stichotrichous ciliate Stylonychia lemnae

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1387-1391

  Juranek, Stefan ^a   Wieden, Hans Joachim ^a   Lipps, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CYTOSINE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CILIATE; DEGRADATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MACRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HYPOTRICHIDA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA; STYLONYCHIA; STYLONYCHIA LEMNAE; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037335744     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg233     Document Type: Review

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