A model for the origin of internal eliminated segments (IESs) and gene rearrangement in stichotrichous ciliates

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-114

  Ehrenfeucht, A ^a   Prescott, D M ^b   Rozenberg, G ^a,c  

^a University of Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DNA guided damage repair; Evolutionary origin or micronuclear genes; Gene rearrangement

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CILIATE; DNA; EVOLUTION; GENE; MODELING;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; MACRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MICRONUCLEUS, GERMLINE; MODELS, GENETIC;

CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA;

EID: 33750988797     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.06.032     Document Type: Article

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