Spermiogenesis and chromatin condensation in the common tree shrew, Tupaia glis

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 331, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 687-699

  Suphamungmee, Worawit ^a   Wanichanon, Chaitip ^a   Vanichviriyakit, Rapeepun ^a   Sobhon, Prasert ^a  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chromatin condensation; Histone; Protamine; Sperm; Spermiogenesis; Tree shrew, Tupaia glis(Scandentia)

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROTEIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GERM CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDENTIA; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GOLGI APPARATUS; HISTONES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTAMINES; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TUPAIA;

DISCOIDAE; PRIMATES; SCANDENTIA; TUPAIA GLIS; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 39149092988     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0557-5     Document Type: Article

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