Transcriptional control of the testis-specific histone H1t gene

Gene

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 13-21

  Grimes, S R ^a,b   Wilkerson, D C ^a,b   Noss, K R ^a,b   Wolfe, S A ^a,b  

^a Overton Brooks VA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding proteins; Gene regulation; Histone H1t gene; Testis specific transcription

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H1;

CELL TYPE; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037472697     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)01201-5     Document Type: Review

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