Functional aspects of mammalian sperm chromatin

Human Fertility

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-60

  McCarthy, Siobhan ^a   Ward, W Steven ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HAMSTER; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPERM;

EID: 0033303033     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464727992000198321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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