Histones, histone modifications and the chromatin landscape in sperm of the fruit-fly, Drosophilia melanogaster and its embryological significance
During spermiogenesis, nucleosome-based DNA packaging is replaced by protamine toroids to generate the highly compacted nucleus of the mature sperm of many species including human, mouse and bovine; however, the sperm from these species also retain some nucleosomes. It has been suggested that the hi...
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University of Leeds
2012
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.589036 |