Immunohistochemical analysis of histone H3 modifications in germ cells during mouse spermatogenesis

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 183-190

  Song, Ning ^a   Liu, Jie ^b   An, Shucai ^b   Nishino, Tomoya ^a   Hishikawa, Yoshitaka ^a   Koji, Takehiko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b JIAMUSI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Histone H3 modification; Immunohistochemistry; Mouse; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052162130     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: 13475800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.11027     Document Type: Article

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