Spermatogenesis proceeds normally in mice without linker histone H1t

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 433-442

  Drabent, Birgit ^a   Saftig, Paul ^a   Bode, Christa ^a   Doenecke, Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; H1t deficient mice; Linker histones; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HOMOZYGOSITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033921812     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180000146     Document Type: Article

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