Timing of developmentally programmed excision and circularization of Paramecium internal eliminated sequences

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1553-1561

  Bétermier, Mireille ^a   Duharcourt, Sandra ^a,b   Seitz, Hervé ^a   Meyer, Eric ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMECIUM; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PARAMECIUM;

EID: 0342470423     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.5.1553-1561.2000     Document Type: Article

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