Protamine 1: Protamine 2 stoichiometry in the sperm of eutherian mammals

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 519-527

  Corzett, Michele ^a   Mazrimas, Joe ^a   Balhorn, Rod ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuclear proteins; P1; P2; Sperm chromatin

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTAMINE; PROTAMINE P1; PROTAMINE P2; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MICRODENSITOMETRY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SOMATIC CELL; SPERM; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; MALE; MAMMALS; PROTAMINES; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SPERMATOZOA;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036184238     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10105     Document Type: Article

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