Testis-specific histone variants H2AL1/2 rapidly disappear from paternal heterochromatin after fertilization

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 413-417

  Wu, Fang ^a,b,c   Caron, Cécile ^a,b   De Robertis, Christine ^a,b   Khochbin, Saadi ^a,b   Rousseaux, Sophie ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epigenetic reprogramming; Histone modification; Histone variant; Male genome; Mouse embryo; Zygote

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; LYSINE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZYGOTE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; LYSINE; MALE; METHYLATION; MICE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 58549113634     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20067     Document Type: Article

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