Histone-binding domains in a human nuclear autoantigenic sperm protein

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1238-1244

  Batova, Iglika ^a,b   O'Rand, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Inst Biol and Immunol of Repro   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; HISTONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029969349     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod54.6.1238     Document Type: Article

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