Gene structure of the ciliate Sterkiella histriomuscorum based on a combined analysis of DNA and cDNA sequences from 21 macronuclear chromosomes

Chromosoma

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 344-351

  Lescasse, Rachel ^a   Yang, Tie ^a,b   Grisvard, Jeanine ^a   Villalobo, Eduardo ^a,c   Moch, Clara ^a   Baroin Tourancheau, Anne ^a   Morin, Loïc ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CILIATE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MINICHROMOSOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLOIDY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES; CILIOPHORA; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

CILIOPHORA; STERKIELLA HISTRIOMUSCORUM;

EID: 27944447316     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-005-0018-4     Document Type: Article

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