Chromatin reorganization in rat spermatids during the disappearance of testis-specific histone, H1t, and the appearance of transition proteins TP1 and TP2

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1141-1157

  Oko, R J ^a   Jando, V ^b   Wagner, C L ^c   Kistler, W S ^d   Hermo, L S ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTOCOR INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H1; TRANSITION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; HISTONES; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029870380     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod54.5.1141     Document Type: Article

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