title: Taking care of Dad's DNA.
abstract: Inheritance of paternal genetic information requires proper sperm development and DNA packaging. A proteomic analysis of sperm chromatin in Caenorhabditis elegans has identified conserved proteins that are important for the transmission of sperm DNA and for male fertility.
authors.affiliation: Waksman Institute and Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
authors.forename: Rika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D005298:Fertility; D018392:Genomic Imprinting; D008297:Male; D020543:Proteome; D034622:RNA Interference; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D020543:Proteome; D004247:DNA