The bromodomain-containing protein tBRD-1 is specifically expressed in spermatocytes and is essential for male fertility

Biology Open

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 597-606

  Leser, Katja ^a   Awe, Stephan ^a   Barckmann, Bridlin ^a,b   Renkawitz Pohl, Renate ^a   Rathke, Christina ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Bromodomain proteins; Drosophila; Polycomb; Spermatogenesis; TTAF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964876855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20121255     Document Type: Article

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