Histone H3.3 regulates dynamic chromatin states during spermatogenesis

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 3483-3494

  Yuen, Benjamin T K ^a,b   Bush, Kelly M ^a,b   Barrilleaux, Bonnie L ^a,b   Cotterman, Rebecca ^a,b   Knoepfler, Paul S ^a,b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Epigenetics; Fertility; Germ cells; H3f3b; Histone variant H3.3; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN; EPIGENETICS; FERTILITY; GERM CELLS; H3F3B; HISTONE VARIANT H3.3; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84906860650     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.106450     Document Type: Article

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