Comparison of the Sequences of Macro- and Micronuclear DNA of Tetrahymena Pyriformis

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Journal Chromosoma

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 1974 Jan 1

PMID 4218159

Citations 95

Authors

M C Yao

M A Gorovsky

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