Assembly of lampbrush chromosomes from sperm chromatin

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 733-747

  Gall, Joseph G ^a   Murphy, Christine ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FROG; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SPERM; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0031897697     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.4.733     Document Type: Article

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