Chromatin modification of imprinted H19 gene in mammalian spermatozoa

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 474-484

  Banerjee, Subhasis ^a,b   Smallwood, Alan ^b  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin; H19; Imprinting; Insulin like growth factor 2; Mammalian spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN B;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MALE; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 0031781859     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199808)50:4<474::AID-MRD11>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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