Histone H1-like protein and a testis-specific variant in the reproductive tracts of Octopus vulgaris

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 355-365

  Mennella, Maria Rosaria Faraone ^a,c   Farina, Benedetta ^a   Irace, Maria Venezia ^a   Di Cristo, Carlo ^b   Di Cosmo, Anna ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^c Mennella   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Linker DNA; Mollusc; Nuclear proteins; Reproductive system; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; HISTONE; HISTONE H1; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; HISTONES; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OCTOPODIFORMES; PROSTATE; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036836545     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.90020     Document Type: Article

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