Expression of the ubiquitin-conjugating DNA repair enzymes HHR6A and B suggests a role in spermatogenesis and chromatin modification

Developmental Biology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-132

  Koken, Marcel H M ^a,c   Hoogerbrugge, Jos W ^b   Jaspers Dekker, Iris ^a   De Wit, Jan ^a   Willemsen, Rob ^a   Roest, Henk P ^a   Grootegoed, J Anton ^b   Hoeijmakers, Jan H J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; ENZYME; HISTONE H2A; MESSENGER RNA; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN; CONJUGATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0030021770     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0011     Document Type: Article

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