Coding properties of Oxytricha trifallax (Sterkiella histriomuscorum) macronuclear chromosomes: Analysis of a pilot genome project

Chromosoma

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-76

  Cavalcanti, Andre R O ^a   Stover, Nicholas A ^a   Orecchia, Lorenzo ^a   Doak, Thomas G ^a   Landweber, Laura F ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CILIATE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTRON; MACRONUCLEUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; CODON; GENOME; INTRONS; MACRONUCLEUS; OPEN READING FRAMES; OXYTRICHA; PILOT PROJECTS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; OXYTRICHA; STERKIELLA HISTRIOMUSCORUM;

EID: 4644345013     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-004-0295-3     Document Type: Article

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