Protamines: Structural complexity, evolution and chromatin patterning

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 755-771

  Kasinsky, Harold E ^a   Eirín López, José María ^b   Ausió, Juan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatin nucleoplasm patterning; Evolution; Lamellae; Protamines; Spermiogenesis; Structure

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79958011215     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986611795713989     Document Type: Article

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