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Sperm Nuclear Stability and Male Infertility
1 Jan 1990
Abstract excerpt
Human sperm nuclei show an exceptional variability; compared with sperm nuclei of other Eutherian mammalian species. The variable stability is caused by a variable content of chromatin stabilizing disulphide bridges, which in turn is determined by differences in composition of basic proteins: protamine types and subtypes, histones, and intermediate forms. An abnormal state of the chromatin can be related to an...
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