Cloning and Sequencing of Four New Metallothionein Genes from Tetrahymena thermophila and T. pigmentosa: Evolutionary Relationships in Tetrahymena MT Family

Protist

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 431-442

  Boldrin, Francesco ^a   Santovito, Gianfranco ^a   Negrisolo, Enrico ^a   Piccinni, Ester ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA PIGMENTOSA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0242540454     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/143446103322454167     Document Type: Article

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