Prtl99C Acts Together with Protamines and Safeguards Male Fertility in Drosophila

The formation of motile spermatozoa involves the highly conserved formation of protamine-rich, tightly packed chromatin. However, genetic loss of protamine function in Drosophila and mice does not lead to significant decompaction of sperm chromatin. This indicates that other proteins act redundantly...

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Main Authors: Zeynep Eren-Ghiani, Christina Rathke, Ina Theofel, Renate Renkawitz-Pohl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:Cell Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124715013236