Comparative structure of vertebrate sperm chromatin

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 142-155

  Ausió, Juan ^b   González Romero, Rodrigo ^b   Woodcock, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Histones; Nucleosomes; Protamines; Sperm; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTAMINE; SALMINE; SPERM NUCLEAR BASIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARGININE; CHROMATIN; CYSTEINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; MALE; MUS MUSCULUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; SPERMATOZOON;

AVES; DANIO RERIO; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; OSTEICHTHYES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CYSTEINE; DNA; MALE; PROTAMINES; SALMINE; SPERMATOZOA; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84927698913     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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