Genome organization in the human sperm nucleus studied by FISH and confocal microscopy

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 307-315

  Hazzouri, M ^a   Rousseaux, Sophie ^a   Mongelard, F ^a   Usson, Y ^a   Pelletier, R ^a   Faure, A K ^a   Vourc'h, C ^a   Sele B ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Centromeres; Chromatin structure; Chromosome domains; Spermatozoa; Telomeres; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033964941     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(200003)55:3<307::AID-MRD9>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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