Postmeiotic Sex Chromatin in the Male Germline of Mice

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 660-667

  Namekawa, Satoshi H ^a   Park, Peter J ^b   Zhang, Li Feng ^a   Shima, James E ^c   McCarrey, John R ^d   Griswold, Michael D ^c   Lee, Jeannie T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

DEVBIO; DNA

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME POSITIONING; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; MALE; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME POSITIONING; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645511177     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.01.066     Document Type: Article

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