The CNA1 histone of the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is essential for chromosome segregation in the germline micronucleus

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 485-497

  Cervantes, Marcella D ^a,b   Xi, Xiaohui ^a   Vermaak, Danielle ^a   Yao, Meng Chao ^a,c   Malik, Harmit S ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; PROTEIN CNA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; MACRONUCLEUS; MEIOSIS; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTOZOON; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONES; MICRONUCLEUS, GERMLINE; MITOSIS; PHYLOGENY; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TIME FACTORS;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 30044442529     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E05-07-0698     Document Type: Article

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