Histone variants specific to the transcriptionally active, amitotically dividing macronucleus of the unicellular eucaryote, tetrahymena thermophila

C. David Allis; Claiborne V.C. Glover; Josephine Bowen; Martin A. Gorovsky

doi:10.1016/0092-8674(80)90307-4

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TetrahymenaMacronucleusBiologyChromatinNucleosomeHistoneGeneticsTetrahymena pyriformisHistone octamerHistone codeHistone H3BiochemistryCell biologyCiliateDNA

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Year: 1980
Type: article
Volume: 20
Issue: 3
Pages: 609-617
Citations: 217
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                                    C. David Allis, 
                                
                                    Claiborne V.C. Glover, 
                                
                                    Josephine Bowen
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1980). 
                            Histone variants specific to the transcriptionally active, amitotically dividing macronucleus of the unicellular eucaryote, tetrahymena thermophila. 
                            Cell
                            , 20
                            (3)
                            , 609-617.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(80)90307-4
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(80)90307-4