title: The unusual organization and processing of genomic DNA in hypotrichous ciliates.
abstract: Hypotrichs are a large group of ciliate species that cut, splice, reorder and eliminate DNA sequences to an extraordinary extent during their sexual life cycle. Such DNA processing occurs when a ciliate converts a copy of its germ-line nucleus into a somatic nucleus after cell mating.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309-0347.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Prescott
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D016798:Ciliophora / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005784:Gene Amplification; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D016054:DNA, Protozoan