Programmed rearrangement in ciliates: Paramecium

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Betermier, Mireille ^a   Duharcourt, Sandra ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; TRANSPOSASE; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PHYSIOLOGY;

DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE REARRANGEMENT; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 84959083996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.mdna3-0035-2014     Document Type: Article

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