protamine
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Function
- protamines substitute for histones in the chromatin of sperm during the haploid phase of spermatogenesis
- they compact sperm DNA into a highly condensed, stable & inactive complex
More general terms
More specific terms
- protamine-2; sperm protamine-P2; sperm histone P2; contains: basic nuclear protein HPI1; contains: basic nuclear protein HPI2; contains: basic nuclear protein HPS1; contains: basic nuclear protein HPS2; contains: sperm histone HP4; sperm protamine...
- protamine-3 (sperm protamine P3, PRM3)
- sperm protamine-P1; Cysteine-rich protamine (PRM1)