The pattern of histone H4 acetylation on the X chromosome during spermatogenesis of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria

Genome

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 854-865

  Wolf, Klaus Werner ^a   Turner, Bryan M ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chromosomes; desert locust; heterochromatin; histone acetylation; meiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030266333     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g96-108     Document Type: Article

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