Preliminary study of sperm chromatin characteristics of the brachyuran crab Maja brachydactyla. Histones and nucleosome-like structures in decapod crustacean sperm nuclei previously described without SNBPs

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 334-344

  Kurtz, K ^a   Ausio J ^b   Chiva, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Decapod crustacean; Histones; Nucleosomes; Sperm

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROTEIN; DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; CRUSTACEA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; SPERM;

BRACHYURAN; CANCER PAGURUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MAJA BRACHYDACTYLA;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; HISTONES; MALE; NUCLEOSOMES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 70049105516     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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