DNA in human and stallion spermatozoa forms local hexagonal packing with twist and many defects

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 76-81

  Sartori Blanc, Nathalie ^a   Senn, Alfred ^b   Leforestier, Amélie ^c   Livolant, Françoise ^c   Dubochet, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Cholesteric liquid crystal; Cryo section; Cryoelectron microscopy; Spermatozoid; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; DITHIOTHREITOL; PROTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA BINDING; DNA PACKAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIQUID CRYSTAL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; STALLION; VITRIFICATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 18744387681     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2001.4365     Document Type: Article

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