Delayed degradation of parental macronuclear DNA in programmed nuclear death of Paramecium caudatum

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-21

  Kimura, Naomi ^a   Mikami, Kazuyuki ^b   Endoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acridine orange; Conjugation; DNA degradation; Nuclear death; Parental macronuclear fragments

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SIZE; CONJUGATION; DNA DEGRADATION; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GENE DOSAGE; MACRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAINING;

MYXOZOA; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 10644274208     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.20060     Document Type: Article

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