Minichromosome formation in Chlorella cells irradiated with electron beams

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 601-607

  Yamada, Takashi ^a   Fujimoto, Yuhki ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshitaka ^a   Machida, Ken Ichi ^a   Oda, Minehiro ^a   Fujie, Makoto ^a   Usami, Shoji ^a   Nakayama, Hiroshi ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorella; Chromosome I; Electron beam irradiation; Minichromosomes; Retrotransposons

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; ELECTRON BEAMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; VECTORS;

ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION;

CELL CULTURE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CENTROMERE; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; ELECTRON BEAM; MINICHROMOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TELOMERE;

CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 0038006410     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(03)80169-X     Document Type: Article

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