Historical survey on chromatoid body research

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 65-82

  Yokota, Sadaki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatoid body; Lysosomal function; P body function; Research history

Indexed keywords

RNA;

CELL GRANULE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMATOID BODY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE SILENCING; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; LYSOSOME; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE;

EID: 50949099404     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: 13475800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.08010     Document Type: Review

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