Telomeres in mammalian male germline cells

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 218, Issue , 2002, Pages 37-67

  Zalenskaya, Irina A ^a   Zalensky, Andrei O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Meiosis; Sperm; Spermatogenesis; Telomere

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GERM CELL; MALE; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TELOMERE; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GERM CELLS; MALE; MEIOSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TESTIS;

EID: 0036023469     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(02)18011-9     Document Type: Article

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