Naturally occurring testis-specific histone H3 antisense transcripts in Drosophila

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 413-420

  Akhmanova, Anna ^b   Kremer, Hannie ^b   Miedema, Koos ^b   Hennig, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; In situ hybridization; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA PROBES; DROSOPHILA; GENES, INSECT; HISTONES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, ANTISENSE; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 1842293293     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199712)48:4<413::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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