Histones and nucleosomes in Cancer sperm (Decapod: Crustacea) previously described as lacking basic DNA-associated proteins: A new model of sperm chromatin

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 574-584

  Kurtz, Kathryn ^a   Martínez Soler, Fina ^a   Ausió, Juan ^b   Chiva, Manel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Chromatin; Crustacea; Sperm

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; HISTONE; PROTAMINE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; GAMETE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPERM;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CRUSTACEA; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HISTONES; MALE; NUCLEOSOMES; SPERMATOZOA;

CANCER (CRUSTACEAN); CANCER PAGURUS; CRUSTACEA; METAZOA;

EID: 54849404474     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21857     Document Type: Article

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