A Dicer-like protein in Tetrahymena has distinct functions in genome rearrangement, chromosome segregation, and meiotic prophase

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-89

  Mochizuki, Kazufumi ^a   Gorovsky, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Centromere; Dicer; Genome rearrangement; RNAi; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; TETRAHYMENA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HISTONES; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; MICRORNAS; MITOSIS; PROPHASE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA HELICASES; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE DELETION; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMALIA; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 11844263265     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1265105     Document Type: Article

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