The major subacrosomal occupant of bull spermatozoa is a novel histone H2B variant associated with the forming acrosome during spermiogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 376-387

  Aul, Ritu B ^a   Oko, Richard J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acrosome development; Bipartite nuclear targeting sequence; H2B; Histone; Perinuclear theca; Spermatozoa; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE H2B;

ACROSOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE;

EID: 0035891432     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0427     Document Type: Article

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