Chromosoma

, Volume 45, Issue 3, pp 273–280 | Cite as

The histones of the ciliated protozoan Stylonychia mytilus

  • H. J. Lipps
  • G. R. Sapra
  • D. Ammermann
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Abstract

Histones were extracted from pure macronuclei, micronuclei and macronucleus anlagen and from chromatin which was isolated from these different nuclear fractions. Analysis of these preparations by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed differences in electrophoretic patterns between the histones of these nuclei.

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Polyacrylamide Developmental Biology Nuclear Fraction Electrophoretic Pattern Ciliated Protozoan 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • H. J. Lipps
    • 1
    • 2
  • G. R. Sapra
    • 1
    • 2
  • D. Ammermann
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.Zoologisches Institut, Abteilung für Zellforschung, Universität TübingenFederal Republic of Germany
  2. 2.University of Maryland Baltimore County Department of Biological SciencesBaltimoreUSA

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