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Transient DNA Strand Breaks During Mouse and Human Spermiogenesis:New Insights in Stage Specificity and Link to Chromatin Remodeling1
1 Apr 2004
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In the course of mammalian spermiogenesis, a unique chromatin remodeling process takes place within elongating and condensing spermatid nuclei. The histone-to-protamine exchange results in efficient packaging and increased stability of the paternal genome. Although not fully understood, this change in chromatin architecture must require a global but transient appearance of endogenous DNA strand breaks because...
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