Hypomethylation of human sperm pronuclear chromosomes

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 123-127

  Martorell, M R ^a   Navarro, J ^a   Marquez C ^a   Egozcue, J ^b   Benet, Jordi ^a  

^a Facultat de Medicina   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE DERIVATIVE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EUCHROMATIN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HAMSTER; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; SOMATIC CELL; SPERM; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; CRICETINAE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0030927272     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134529     Document Type: Article

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