Distribution of Atr protein in primary spermatocytes of a mouse chromosomal mutant: A comparison of preparation techniques

Chromosoma

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 139-147

  Baart, Esther B ^a   De Rooij, Dirk G ^b   Keegan, Kathleen S ^c   De Boer, Peter ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; FIBRIN; SATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME SATELLITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERMATOCYTE; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA, SATELLITE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FERTILITY; FIBRIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOCYTES; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033946095     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050422     Document Type: Article

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