Centromere sequences localize to the nuclear halo of human spermatozoa

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-18

  Yaron, Y ^a,e   Kramer, J A ^b   Gyi, K ^c   Ebrahim, S A D ^d   Evans, M I ^b   Johnson, M P ^a   Krawetz, S A ^b  

^a Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^c Division of Reproductive Genetics   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Human spermatozoa; Matrix associated regions; Nuclear halos; Nuclear matrix

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 21; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; DNA; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031745079     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1998.00085.x     Document Type: Review

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