Atomic force microscopy and cytochemistry of chromatin from marsupial spermatozoa with special reference to Sminthopsis crassicaudata

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 367-374

  Soon, L L L ^a,b   Bottema, C ^a   Breed, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Chromatin; Marsupials; Spermatozoa; TEM

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; PROTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CITRIC ACID; COLORING AGENTS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; SPERMATOZOA;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; SMINTHOPSIS; SMINTHOPSIS CRASSICAUDATA; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0030847754     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199711)48:3<367::AID-MRD10>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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