Characterization of the pheromone gene family of an Antarctic and Arctic protozoan ciliate, Euplotes nobilii

Marine Genomics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-32

  Vallesi, Adriana ^a   Alimenti, Claudio ^a   La Terza, Antonietta ^a   Di Giuseppe, Graziano ^b   Dini, Fernando ^b   Luporini, Pierangelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene sized DNA molecules; Psychrophilic microorganisms; Sub chromosomic ciliate genomes; Water soluble signal proteins

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES NOBILII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 65549142548     PISSN: 18747787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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