How mammals pack their sperm: A variant matter

Genes and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1635-1639

  Bošković, Ana ^a   Torres Padilla, Maria Elena ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

BRDT; H2AZ; Histone eviction; Male contraception; Male infertility; Reprogramming; Sex chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE TH2B; PROTAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN; EDITORIAL; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETIC CODE; GERM CELL; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERM; SPERMATID; TESTIS;

BRDT; H2AZ; HISTONE EVICTION; MALE CONTRACEPTION; MALE INFERTILITY; REPROGRAMMING; SEX CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; HISTONES; MALE; PROTAMINES;

EID: 84881069096     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.226167.113     Document Type: Editorial

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