Keyword

macronucleus

Description: A large nucleus in ciliates that controls cellular functions unrelated to reproduction and is distinct from the germline micronucleus.

Primary topic: Protist diversity and phylogeny (55%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q1886511

OpenAlex ID: keywords/macronucleus

Simple sequences are ubiquitous repetitive components of eukaryotic genomes

1984 · Diethard Tautz, Manfred Renz · Nucleic Acids Research · 1,367

The DNA of ciliated protozoa

1994 · D M Prescott · Microbiological Reviews · 668

In vitro generated antibodies specific for telomeric guanine-quadruplex DNA react with Stylonychia lemnae macronuclei

2001 · Christiane Schaffitzel, Imre Berger, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 606

Methylation of histone H3 at lysine 4 is highly conserved and correlates with transcriptionally active nuclei in Tetrahymena

1999 · Brian D. Strahl, Reiko Ohba, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 491

Chapter 16 Isolation of Micro- and Macronuclei of Tetrahymena pyriformis

1975 · Martin A. Gorovsky, Meng-Chao Yao, et al. · Methods in cell biology · 381

Identification in situ and phylogeny of uncultured bacterial endosymbionts

1991 · Rudolf Amann, Nina Springer, et al. · Nature · 349

An activity gel assay detects a single, catalytically active histone acetyltransferase subunit in Tetrahymena macronuclei.

1995 · J E Brownell, C D Allis · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 284

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

1980 · C.David Allis, Claiborne V.C. Glover, et al. · Cell · 218

Does Paramecium primaurelia use a different genetic code in its macronucleus?

1985 · François Caron, Eric Meyer · Nature · 192

A single integrated gene for ribosomal RNA in a eucaryote, tetrahymena pyriformis

1977 · Meng-Chao Yao, Joseph G. Gall · Cell · 167

Germ Line Transcripts Are Processed by a Dicer-Like Protein That Is Essential for Developmentally Programmed Genome Rearrangements of Tetrahymena thermophila

2005 · Colin D. Malone, Alissa M. Anderson, et al. · Molecular and Cellular Biology · 162

Macro‐ and Micronuclei of Tetrahymena pyriformis: A Model System for Studying the Structure and Function of Eukaryotic Nuclei*†

1973 · MARTIN A. GOROVSKY · The Journal of Protozoology · 159

Nongenic, bidirectional transcription precedes and may promote developmental DNA deletion in Tetrahymena thermophila

2001 · Douglas L. Chalker, Meng-Chao Yao · Genes & Development · 157

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Free Ribosomal RNA Genes in the Macronucleus of Tetrahymena

1974 · Joseph G. Gall · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 156

Fine Structure and Function in Stentor polymorphus

1958 · J. T. Randall, Sylvia Fitton Jackson · The Journal of Cell Biology · 153

Proteolytic processing of histone H3 in chromatin: a physiologically regulated event in tetrahymena micronuclei

1980 · C. David Allis, Josephine K. Bowen, et al. · Cell · 150

Chapter 2 Cell Biology of Tetrahymena thermophila

1999 · Joseph Frankel · Methods in cell biology · 143

An intervening sequence in the gene coding for 25S Ribosomal RNA of Tetrahymena pigmentosa

1979 · Martha A. Wild, Joseph G. Gall · Cell · 142

1985 · C D Allis, L G Chicoine, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 141

The controlling sequence for site-specific chromosome breakage in tetrahymena

1990 · Meng-Chao Yao, Ching-Ho Yao, et al. · Cell · 137

Antibodies specific to acetylated histones document the existence of deposition- and transcription-related histone acetylation in Tetrahymena.

1989 · R Lin, J W Leone, et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 136

Overexpressed Pituitary Tumor-Transforming Gene Causes Aneuploidy in Live Human Cells

2003 · Run Yu, Wenge Lu, et al. · Endocrinology · 135

Temporal and spatial association of histone H2A variant hv1 with transcriptionally competent chromatin during nuclear development in Tetrahymena thermophila.

1993 · L A Stargell, J Bowen, et al. · Genes & Development · 133

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The Structure and Formation of Cilia and Filaments in Rumen Protozoa

1964 · L. E. Roth, Y. Shigenaka · The Journal of Cell Biology · 127

Dynamics of telomere length variation in tetrahymena thermophila

1987 · Drena D. Larson, Elizabeth A. Spangler, et al. · Cell · 125

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Citation count: 23,290