The first bromodomain of the testis-specific double bromodomain protein Brdt is required for chromocenter organization that is modulated by genetic background

Developmental Biology

Volumn 360, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 358-368

  Berkovits, Binyamin D ^a   Wolgemuth, Debra J ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Brdt; Bromodomain; Chromocenter; Sirt1; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

BRDT PROTEIN; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1ALPHA; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H1 FAMILY MEMBER N; HISTONE H2AZ; SIRTUIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

129 MOUSE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOCENETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HMGB2 GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATID; TESTIS;

MUS;

EID: 82555170337     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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