Replacement of Nucleosomal Histones by Histone Hi-Like Proteins during Spermiogenesis in Cnidaria: Evolutionary Implications

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 240-246

  Rocchini, Corinne ^a   Marx, Roswitha M ^a   Von Carosfeld, Joachim Schnorr ^a   Kasinsky, Harold E ^b   Rosenberg, Ellen ^b   Sommer, Freya ^c   Ausio, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Evolution; Histone H1; Sperm nuclear basic proteins (SNBPs)

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; HYDROZOA; SCYPHOZOA; ANIMALIA; COELENTERATA;

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; HISTONE H1; PERCHLORIC ACID; PROTAMINE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; EVOLUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0029876870     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02198850     Document Type: Article

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