Requirement of protamine for maintaining nuclear condensation of medaka (Oryzias latipes) spermatozoa shed into water but not for promoting nuclear condensation during spermatogenesis

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-199

  Shimizu, Yohei ^a,b   Mita, Koichi ^a   Tamura, Masaru ^c   Onitake, Kazuo ^d   Yamashita, Masakane ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Central Fisheries   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinomycin D; Cell culture; Fertilization; Medaka sperm; Protamine

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; PROTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FERTILIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DACTINOMYCIN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; ORYZIAS; PROTAMINES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; LATIPES; ORYZIAS LATIPES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034030597     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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