The role of histones in chromatin remodelling during mammalian spermiogenesis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3459-3469

  Govin, Jérôme ^a   Caron, Cécile ^a   Lestrat, Cécile ^a   Rousseaux, Sophie ^a   Khochbin, Saadi ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Bromodomain; Chromodomain; Epigenetics; Histone chaperone; Histone structure

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; PROTAMINE;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN; GERM CELL; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MATURATION; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; UBIQUITINATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 4544376137     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04266.x     Document Type: Review

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