Specialized distribution of the histone methyltransferase Ezh2 in the nuclear apical region of round spermatids and its interaction with the histone variant H1t2

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1058-1066

  Lambrot, Romain ^a   Jones, Steven ^a   Saint Phar, Shawna ^a   Kimmins, Sarah ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Chromatin; Epigenetics; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE EZH2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EZH2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HISTONE; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TESTIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; MALE; MICE; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874345802     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.013870     Document Type: Article

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