A unique vertebrate histone H1-related protamine-like protein results in an unusual sperm chromatin organization

FEBS Journal

Volumn 273, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4548-4561

  Saperas, Núria ^a   Chiva, Manel ^b   Casas, M Teresa ^a   Campos, J Lourdes ^a   Eirín López, José M ^c,d   Frehlick, Lindsay J ^d   Prieto, Cèlia ^a   Subirana, Juan A ^a   Ausió, Juan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Electron microscopy; Histone H1; Protamine like protein; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROTEIN; DNA; HISTONE H1; ISOPROTEIN; NUCLEASE; PROTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DIGESTION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; VERTEBRATE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA; HISTONES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYTILUS EDULIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PERCIFORMES; PROTAMINES; SPERMATOZOA; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

INVERTEBRATA; MULLUS; MULLUS SURMULETUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748747193     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05461.x     Document Type: Article

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