Cytochemical and immunocytochemical studies of the localization of histones and protamine-type proteins in spermatids of Chara vulgaris and Chara tomentosa

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 367-374

  Popłońska, Katarzyna ^a   Wojtczak, Agnieszka ^a   Kwiatkowska, Maria ^a   Kaźmierczak, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chara; Chromatin remodeling; Cytochemical studies; Histones; Immunocytochemical studies; Protamines; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE ANTIBODY; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3 ANTIBODY; PROTAMINE; PROTAMINE ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHARA; CHARA TOMENTOSA; CHARA VULGARIS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHARA; CHARA TOMENTOSA; CHARA VULGARIS;

EID: 38849097039     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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