Cytological Analysis of Tetrahymena thermophila

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 357-378

  Winey, Mark ^a   Stemm Wolf, Alexander J ^a   Giddings, Thomas H ^a   Pearson, Chad G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyses; Cytological; Genomic screen; Hybridization; Imaging; Tagging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858720862     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385967-9.00013-X     Document Type: Chapter

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