Isolation of histones and related chromatin structures from spermatozoa nuclei of a dasyurid marsupial, sminthopsis crassicaudata

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 278, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 322-332

  Soon, L L L ^a   Ausio, J ^b   Breed, W G ^c   Power, J H T ^d   Muller, S ^e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DASYURIDAE; METATHERIA; SMINTHOPSIS CRASSICAUDATA;

EID: 0031213885     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19970801)278:5<322::AID-JEZ6>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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