The conjugation-specific Die5 protein is required for development of the somatic nucleus in both Paramecium and Tetrahymena

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1087-1099

  Matsuda, Atsushi ^a   Shieh, Annie Wan Yi ^b,c   Chalker, Douglas L ^b   Forney, James D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Institute of Communication Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MACRONUCLEUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMECIUM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TETRAHYMENA; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MACRONUCLEUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PARAMECIUM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TETRAHYMENA; ZYGOTE;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; MYXOZOA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 77956799601     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00379-09     Document Type: Article

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