Entropy based analysis of vertebrate sperm protamines sequences: evidence of potential dityrosine and cysteine-tyrosine cross-linking in sperm protamines

Abstract Background Spermatogenesis is the process by which germ cells develop into spermatozoa in the testis. Sperm protamines are small, arginine-rich nuclear proteins which replace somatic histones during spermatogenesis, allowing a hypercondensed DNA state that leads to a smaller nucleus and fac...

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Main Authors: Christian D. Powell, Daniel C. Kirchoff, Jason E. DeRouchey, Hunter N. B. Moseley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-020-6681-2

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