The murine heterochromatin protein M31 is associated with the chromocenter in round spermatids and is a component of mature spermatozoa

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 72-79

  Hoyer Fender, Sigrid ^a   Singh, Prim B ^b   Motzkus, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromocenter; Higher order structure; M31; Mature spermatozoa; Murine heterochromatin protein; Sperm chromatin

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CENTROMERE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0034627795     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4729     Document Type: Article

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