Mammary serum factor initiates cell growth in 3T3 cell variants which are non-responsive to EGF |
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Authors: | E F Porzig F E Stockdale |
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Institution: | UE de Química Macromolecular del CSIC, Escuela TS de Ingenieros Industriales, Barcelona 28, Spain |
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Abstract: | The structural organization of the histone-containing spermatozoa of the goldfish C. auratus is studied. Chemical fractionation shows that the five standard histones are present. Histone H1 subfractions are also similar to those found in other organisms. This is the first organism studied in which no peculiar basic protein is found in spermatozoa, since in all the organisms described up to now, unique protein components are always present, either alone or accompanied by somatic-like histones. Ultrastructural studies show that this chromatin is organized as a bundle of fibers of about 25 nm diameter, which upon spreading give the typical ‘beads-on-a-string’ appearance. Nuclease digestion demonstrates a repeat length of 205 base pairs (bp), slightly longer than in somatic tissues, but shorter than in echinoderm spermatozoa. |
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Keywords: | Present address: The Wallenberg Laboratory University of Uppsala Box 562 S-751 22 Uppsala Sweden To whom offprint requests should be directed |
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