Organization of chromosomes during spermatogenesis and in mature sperm

Epigenetics and Human Health

Volumn 2148, Issue , 2011, Pages 261-277

  Mudrak, Olga ^a,b   Zalenskaya, Irina ^a   Zalensky, Andrei ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chromosome positioning; Chromosome structure; Spermatogenesis; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; PROTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME; DNA RECOMBINATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; TELOMERE;

EID: 84866978321     PISSN: 21912262     EISSN: 21912270     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14773-9_11     Document Type: Article

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