Immunoelectron microscopical distribution of histones H2B and H3 and protamines during human spermiogenesis

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 929-935

  Prigent, Y ^a   Muller, S ^b   Dadoune, J P ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Histologie   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Histones; Immunocytochemistry; Nuclear proteins; Protamines; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HISTONE; PROTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; HISTONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PROTAMINES; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030325309     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.12.929     Document Type: Article

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