Molecular aspects of XY body formation

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 245-255

  Hoyer Fender, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA METHYLATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERMATOGENESIS; STAINING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 1842528059     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076810     Document Type: Review

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