Dissociation of protamine-DNA complexes by Xenopus nucleoplasmin and minichromosome assembly in vitro

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 186-194

  Cornudella, L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromatin assembly; Nucleoplasmin; Oocyte S150 extract; Sperm decondensation; Sperm protein DNA interactions

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPLASMIN; PLASMID DNA; PROTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA STRUCTURE; FERTILIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINICHROMOSOME; MOLLUSC; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029816276     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0186h.x     Document Type: Article

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