Characterization of the Euplotes crassus macronuclear rDNA and its potential as a DNA transformation vehicle.

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Published in J Eukaryot Microbiol on July 16, 1999

Authors

M Erbeznik1, M C Yao, C L Jahn

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.

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