Biosynthesis of protamine in trout Salmo gairdnerii testis
At a late stage of spermatogenesis a sperm-specific protein, protamine, is synthesized in the testis of salmonid fish and progressively replaces histones in combination with DNA. Protamine has a molecular weight near 5,000 and contains 2/3 of its total amino acid residues as arginine. Studies on the...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35602 |