Histone- and protamine-DNA association: Conservation of different patterns within the β-globin domain in human sperm

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3350-3356

  Gardiner Garden, Margaret ^a   Ballesteros, Mercedes ^a   Gordon, Monica ^a   Tam, Patrick P L ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DELTA GLOBIN; DNA; GAMMA GLOBIN; HISTONE; PROTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0031843173     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.6.3350     Document Type: Article

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