Conservation of the PRM1 → PRM2 → TNP2 domain

DNA Sequence - Journal of DNA Sequencing and Mapping

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 359-367

  Wykes, Susan M ^a   Krawetz, Stephen A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mus musculus; Nuclear matrix; Promoters; Protamine; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTAMINE; PROTEIN PRM1; PROTEIN PRM2; PROTEIN TNP2; TRANSITION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; PRM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PRM1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTAMINE P2; SPERMATID TRANSITION PROTEINS; TNP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMOSOME 16; CPG ISLAND; GENE CLUSTER; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATOR GENE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SYNTENY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MALE; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; HUMANS; MALE; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGIONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTAMINES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYNTENY;

EID: 3242892674     PISSN: 10425179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10425170310001599453     Document Type: Article

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