Aspects of three-dimensional chromosome reorganization during the onset of human male meiotic prophase

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2337-2351

  Scherthan, H ^a   Eils, R ^b   Trelles Sticken, E ^a   Dietzel, S ^c,f   Cremer, T ^d   Walt, H ^e   Jauch, A ^c  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b Interdisziplinares Zentrum F W   (Germany)

^c Institut fur Humangenetik   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome pairing; FISH; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Homology search; Human; Meiosis; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; SISTER CHROMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TELOMERE; TESTIS;

CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; DNA, SATELLITE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INDOLES; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PROPHASE; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031669729     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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