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Protamines and male infertility.

Human reproduction update - 1 Jan 2000

Oliva Rafael

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Protamines are the major nuclear sperm proteins. The human sperm nucleus contains two types of protamine: protamine 1 (P1) encoded by a single-copy gene and the family of protamine 2 (P2) proteins (P2, P3 and P4), all also encoded by a single gene that is transcribed and translated into a precursor protein. The protamines were discovered more than a century ago, but their function is not yet fully understood. In...

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PMID: 16581810
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dml009

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