A fraction of mouse sperm chromatin is organized in nucleosomal hypersensitive domains enriched in retroposon DNA

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3537-3548

  Pittoggi, C ^a   Renzi, L ^a   Zaccagnini, G ^a   Cimini, D ^a   Degrassi, F ^a   Giordano, R ^a   Magnano, A R ^a   Lorenzini, R ^b   Lavia, P ^a   Spadafora, C ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypersensitive; Nucleosome; Retroposon; Sperm chromatin

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; NUCLEASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; SPERM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; EPIDIDYMIS; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICE; NUCLEOSOMES; RETROELEMENTS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0032746646     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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