Acquisition of competence to condense metaphase I chromosomes during spermatogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-64

  Cobb, John ^a   Cargile, Benjamin ^a   Handel, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

CDC2; CDC25C; CYCLIN B1; Histone H1t; Histone H3; Meiosis; MPF; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032897595     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9101     Document Type: Article

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