Role of Disulfide Bonds on DNA Packaging Forces in Bull Sperm Chromatin.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.08.050
Abstract: Short arginine-rich proteins called protamines mediate the near crystalline DNA packaging in most vertebrate sperm cells. Protamines are synthesized during spermiogenesis and condense the paternal genome into a transcriptionally inactive state in late-stage spermatids. Protamines… read more here.
Keywords: disulfide bonds; dna packaging; bonds dna; role disulfide ... See more keywords