Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 4 , Pages 1134-1141, 1 March 2010

Expression of human oocyte-specific linker histone protein and its incorporation into sperm chromatin during fertilization

  • Yuri Mizusawa, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Naoaki Kuji, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Naoaki Kuji, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan (FAX: 81-3-3226-1667).
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  • Yudai Tanaka, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Yazaki Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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  • Mamoru Tanaka, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Eiji Ikeda, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Setsuko Komatsu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Crop Science, Tsukuba, Japan
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  • Shingo Kato, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yasunori Yoshimura, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Received 20 August 2008; received in revised form 11 November 2008; accepted 24 November 2008. published online 14 January 2009.

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 Y.M. has nothing to disclose. N.K. has nothing to disclose. Y.T. has nothing to disclose. M.T. has nothing to disclose. E.I. has nothing to disclose. S.K. has nothing to disclose. S.K. has nothing to disclose. Y.Y. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of Japan (No. 17591757 and No. 19591910), and Grant-in-Aid from the National Research Institute for Child Health and Development (No. 18-1).

PII: S0015-0282(08)04655-4

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.11.028

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 4 , Pages 1134-1141, 1 March 2010

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