Cell Cycle-dependent Expression of γ-Tubulin in the Amicronuclear Ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis

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Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-50

  Joachimiak, Ewa ^a,b   Pucciarelli, Sandra ^a   Barchetta, Sabrina ^a   Ballarini, Patrizia ^a   Kaczanowska, Janina ^b   Miceli, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

cell cycle; cytoskeleton; gene expression regulation; microtubules; tubulin

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 33845864481     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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