The amino acid sequence of the ram spermatidal protein 3 a transition protein TP3 or TP4?

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 460-464

  Chevaillier, Philippe ^a   Chirat, Frédéric ^b   Sautiere, Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Chromatin; Nucleotide sequence; Spermatogenesis; Transition proteins

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BASIC PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; HISTONE; LYSINE; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPSIN A; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTAMINE; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0032403882     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2580460.x     Document Type: Article

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