Interactions between newly developed macronuclei and maternal macronuclei in sexually immature multinucleate exconjugants of Paramecium caudatum

Differentiation

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 337-345

  Kimura, Naomi ^a   Mikami, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Immaturity; Multinucleate cell; Nuclear interaction; Paramecium caudatum; Reprogramming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CONJUGATION; FERTILIZATION; MACRONUCLEUS; MATING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION;

PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM;

EID: 0141453644     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.2003.7106004.x     Document Type: Article

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