Both subtelomeric regions are required and sufficient for specific DNA fragmentation during macronuclear development in Stylonychia lemnae

Genome Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages

  Jönsson, Franziska ^a   Steinbrück, Günther ^b   Lipps, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deletion Construct; Inverted Repeat; Precursor Sequence; Subtelomeric Region; Subtelomeric Sequence

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOTRICHIDA; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HYPOTRICHIDA; TELOMERE;

EID: 0242316184     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2001-2-2-research0005     Document Type: Article

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