Freezing-thawing induces alterations in histone H1-DNA binding and the breaking of protein-DNA disulfide bonds in boar sperm

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1450-1464

  Flores, E ^a   Ramio Lluch L ^a   Bucci, D ^b   Fernandez Novell J M ^c   Pena A ^a   Rodriguez Gil J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boar sperm; Disulfide bonds; Freezing Thawing; Histone H1

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; DNA; HISTONE; PROTAMINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; DNA; FREEZING; HISTONES; MALE; PROTAMINES; PROTEIN BINDING; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 80053564287     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.05.039     Document Type: Article

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