Genomic analysis of the mouse protamine 1, protamine 2, and transition protein 2 gene cluster reveals hypermethylation in expressing cells

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 317-323

  Choi, Young Chul ^a   Aizawa, Akira ^a   Hecht, Norman B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; PRM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PRM1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTAMINE; PROTAMINE P2; SPERMATID TRANSITION PROTEINS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPLOIDY; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PROTAMINES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031138480     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900431     Document Type: Article

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