Characterisation of a human sperm cell subpopulation marked by the presence of the TSH2B histone

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 392-397

  Singleton, Stephanie ^a   Mudrak, Olga ^a,b   Morshedi, Mahmood ^a   Oehninger, Sergio ^a   Zalenskaya, Irina ^a   Zalensky, Andrei ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TESTIS SPERM SPECIFIC HISTONE H2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CELL EXTRACTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; OVUM; SPERMATOZOA; XENOPUS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846597028     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD06099     Document Type: Article

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