Taking care of Dad's DNA.
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.
Maruyama
Rika
R
Waksman Institute and Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Singson
Andrew
A
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*
D002843:Chromatin; D020543:Proteome; D004247:DNA