The chromatin structure of well-spread demembranated sperm nuclei revealed by atomic force microscopy

Scanning Microscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 989-996

  Allen, M J ^a   Bradbury, E M ^b,c   Balhorn, R ^d  

^a Digital Instruments   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Chromatin; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030561724     PISSN: 08917035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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