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The structural organization of sperm chromatinSusan M Wykes
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
J Biol Chem 278:29471-7. 2003..We have shown previously that the chromatin domain containing the two human protamines PRM1 and PRM2 and the transition protein TNP2 forms a DNase I-sensitive conformation in pachytene spermatocytes, a requisite ..- Haploinsufficiency of protamine-1 or -2 causes infertility in miceC Cho
Gamete Biology Section, Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Nat Genet 28:82-6. 2001..We disrupted the coding sequence of one allele of either Prm1 or Prm2 in embryonic stem (ES) cells derived from 129-strain mice, and injected them into blastocysts from C57BL/6-strain .. - The genes for protamine 1 and 2 (PRM1 and PRM2) and transition protein 2 (TNP2) are closely linked in the mammalian genomeW Engel
Institut für Humangenetik der Universität, Gottingen, FRG
Cytogenet Cell Genet 61:158-9. 1992The genes for two protamines (PRM1 and PRM2) and for two transition proteins (TNP1 and TNP2) have been characterized in several mammalian species... - Quantitative assessment of transition proteins 1, 2 spermatid-specific linker histone H1-like protein transcripts in spermatozoa from normozoospermic and asthenozoospermic menPiotr Jedrzejczak
Department of Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 6 Swiecickiego St, 60 781 Poznan, Poland
Arch Androl 53:199-205. 2007..histone H1-like protein (HILS1), transition proteins 1 and 2 (TNP1 and TNP2), and protamines 1 and 2 (PRM1 and PRM2) contribute to considerable dense packing of spermatid chromatin during spermiogenesis... - Protamine-1 and -2 mRNA in round spermatids is associated with RNA-binding proteinsKlaus Steger
Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Frankfurter Strasse 98, 35392 Giessen, Germany
Histochem Cell Biol 117:227-34. 2002RNA-binding proteins in round spermatids have previously been assigned to the coding sequence of Prm1- and Prm2-mRNA... 
In vitro culture and differentiation of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) spermatogoniaB Xie
Animal Reproduction Institute, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
Reprod Domest Anim 45:275-82. 2010..The expression of the spermatid-specific marker gene (PRM2) was identified after 30 days of culture by RT-PCR...- Nuclear matrix interactions at the human protamine domain: a working model of potentiationRui Pires Martins
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 4820, USA
J Biol Chem 279:51862-8. 2004..region, the nuclear matrix is considered the primary candidate regulating the opening of the multigenic PRM1 --> PRM2 --> TNP2 human protamine domain... - Use of spermatozoal mRNA profiles to study gene-environment interactions in human germ cellsJoost O Linschooten
Department of Health Risk Analysis and Toxicology, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Mutat Res 667:70-6. 2009..High expression of the germ cell specific gene protamine 2 (PRM2) was observed in spermatozoal mRNA isolates by Q-PCR, which was absent in reference mRNA isolates .. - [Advances in identification of semen stains]Guang Yao Fan
School of Forensic Medicine, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003, China
Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 16:735-40. 2010..of transcriptomics and epigenetics, many semen-specific mRNA markers, such as protamine-1 (PRM1) and -2 (PRM2), have been applied to semen and semen stain identification... 
Role of transcription factor Kar4 in regulating downstream events in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae pheromone response pathwayRon Lahav
Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 1014, USA
Mol Cell Biol 27:818-29. 2007..Furthermore, the induction of Kar4 by pheromone is necessary for the delayed temporal induction of KAR3 and PRM2, genes required for efficient nuclear fusion during mating...- Comparative genomics reveals gene-specific and shared regulatory sequences in the spermatid-expressed mammalian Odf1, Prm1, Prm2, Tnp1, and Tnp2 genesKenneth C Kleene
Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, MA 02125, USA
Genomics 92:101-6. 2008The comparative genomics of the Odf1, Prm1, Prm2, Tnp1, and Tnp2 genes in 13-21 diverse mammalian species reveals striking similarities and differences in the sequences that probably function in the transcriptional and translational .. - Premature translation of protamine 1 mRNA causes precocious nuclear condensation and arrests spermatid differentiation in miceK Lee
University of Washington, Department of Genetics, Seattle 98195 7360, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92:12451-5. 1995..caused precocious condensation of spermatid nuclear DNA, abnormal head morphogenesis, and incomplete processing of Prm2 protein... - RNA/DNA co-analysis from human saliva and semen stains--results of a third collaborative EDNAP exerciseC Haas
Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Forensic Sci Int Genet 7:230-9. 2013..Two novel mRNA multiplexes were used: a saliva triplex (HTN3, STATH and MUC7) and a semen pentaplex (PRM1, PRM2, PSA, SEMG1 and TGM4)... - Protamine-1 and -2 polymorphisms and gene expression in male infertility: an Italian studyD Grassetti
Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome La Sapienza, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy
J Endocrinol Invest 35:882-8. 2012..There are two types of protamines: protamine 1 (P1) and the protamine 2 family (P2, P3, and P4), coded by the genes PRM1 and PRM2. - Differential expression of protamine 1 and 2 genes in mature spermatozoa of normal and motility impaired semen producing crossbred Frieswal (HF×Sahiwal) bullsIndrajit Ganguly
Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Project Directorate on Cattle ICAR, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 250 001, India
Res Vet Sci 94:256-62. 2013..high-quality RNA from mature spermatozoa and to monitor the expression profile of protamine 1 (PRM1) and protamine 2 (PRM2) gene in ejaculated spermatozoa of normal (good, % initial progressive motility: 57.61±1... - 212 gene expression profile of protamines and transition nuclear proteins in bovine testisM A M M Ferraz
School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Reprod Fertil Dev 25:254. 2012..In humans and mice, PRM1/PRM2 ratio is important to predict fertility... - Molecular analysis of cell type-specific gene expression profile during mouse spermatogenesis by laser microdissection and qRT-PCRPrabagaran Esakky
VA St Louis Health Care System, St Louis, MO, USA
Reprod Sci 20:238-52. 2013..Magea4, Hspa2, Cox6b2, Tnp1, Prm1, and Prm2 are used to differentiate among the microdissected cell populations, namely spermatogonia (group I), spermatocytes (.. - Comparative study of gene expression in patients with varicocele by microarray technologyA Oliveira
Department of Urology, Hospital Geral Sto António, Porto, Portugal
Andrologia 44:260-5. 2012..expression of the five selected genes: MT1M, PHLDA1 and INSL3 had decreased expression levels and CCIN and PRM2 increased expression levels compared with pre-surgery biopsies... - A global but stable change in HeLa cell morphology induces reorganization of DNA structural loop domains within the cell nucleusIsy Martínez-Ramos
Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Apartado Postal 428, C P 50000, Toluca, Edo Mex, Mexico
J Cell Biochem 96:79-88. 2005..as evidenced by the shift of position relative to the NM of the c-myc locus and the multigene locus PRM1 --> PRM2 --> TNP2, suggesting that both cell and nuclear shape may act as cues in the choice of the potential MARs that .. - PRM1 variant rs35576928 (Arg>Ser) is associated with defective spermatogenesis in the Chinese Han populationXiao Jin He
Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
Reprod Biomed Online 25:627-34. 2012..In order to evaluate the association of PRM1, PRM2, KIT and KITLG variants with susceptibility to severely defective spermatogenesis, 309 male infertility patients (.. - Protamine and fertilin mRNA: potential biomarkers of assisted reproductive technology outcomesG T Sukhikh
V I Kulakov Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
Bull Exp Biol Med 153:513-5. 2012We studied the relationship between the levels of protamines 1 and 2 (PRM1 and PRM2) and fertilin-β (ADAM-2) mRNA expression and outcomes of infertility treatment using assisted reproductive technologies was studied... - Impact of protamine transcripts and their proteins on the quality and fertilization ability of sperm and the development of preimplantation embryosMagdalena Depa-Martynow
Division of Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecological Oncology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Reprod Biol 12:57-72. 2012Protamine 1 (PRM1) and 2 (PRM2) are major nuclear proteins in spermatozoa known to bind to chromatin during early spermatogenesis... - Evaluation of mRNA marker specificity for the identification of five human body fluids by capillary electrophoresisMara L Lennard Richard
Counterterrorism and Forensic Science Research Unit, FBI Laboratory Division, 2501 Investigation Parkway, Quantico, VA 22135, USA
Forensic Sci Int Genet 6:452-60. 2012..7 (MMP7) for menstrual blood, delta-aminolevulinate synthase 2 (ALAS2) for peripheral blood, and protamine 2 (PRM2) and transglutaminase 4 (TGM4) for semen. The expression of these markers was examined in each body fluid... - Apoptotic gene expression in potentially fertile and subfertile menM C O Cavalcanti
Department of Urology, Pediatric Urology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Rudolf Buchheim Str 7, Giessen D 35385, Germany
Mol Hum Reprod 17:415-20. 2011..Our data suggest that Casp4, Casp 6 and TNFSF10 are differentially expressed in potentially fertile and subfertile men and represent useful biomarkers for predicting male fertility in combination with P1 and P2... - Identification of genetic variation in the 5' and 3' non-coding regions of the protamine genes in patients with protamine deregulationSue Hammoud
Andrology and IVF Laboratories, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA
Arch Androl 53:267-74. 2007..protamine expression, we have sequenced the 5' and 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) of both protamine 1 (P1) and protamine 2 (P2) genes in a population of infertile men with protamine deregulation, men presenting for infertility work-up .. - Transcripts of aromatase and estrogen receptors and significance of other RNAs in human spermatozoaSerge Carreau
Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Caen, France
Arch Androl 53:249-55. 2007..levels of transcripts encoding for proteins involved in either nuclear condensation protamines 1 and 2 (Prm1 and Prm2) or in capacitation endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and neuronal nitric oxide sythase (nNOS) and c-myc .. - Recovery and stability of RNA in vaginal swabs and blood, semen, and saliva stainsMindy Setzer
Graduate Program in Industrial Chemistry Forensic Track, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816 2366, USA
J Forensic Sci 53:296-305. 2008..had a detrimental effect on the recoverability of blood (3 days), saliva (1 day), semen (7 days), and vaginal secretions (3 days) specific transcripts, with one of the mRNA species (the semen marker PRM2) not being detectable after 1 day. - Evaluation of protamines 1 and 2 transcript contents in spermatozoa from asthenozoospermic menBartosz Kempisty
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Folia Histochem Cytobiol 45:S109-13. 2007..The key role in this process is played by protamines 1 and 2 (PRM1, PRM2)... - Prm3, the fourth gene in the mouse protamine gene cluster, encodes a conserved acidic protein that affects sperm motilityPawel Grzmil
Institute of Human Genetics, University of Gottingen, Göttingen D 37073, Germany
Biol Reprod 78:958-67. 2008The protamine gene cluster containing the Prm1, Prm2, Prm3, and Tnp2 genes is present in humans, mice, and rats... - Testis-specific miRNA-469 up-regulated in gonadotropin-regulated testicular RNA helicase (GRTH/DDX25)-null mice silences transition protein 2 and protamine 2 messages at sites within coding region: implications of its role in germ cell developmentLisheng Dai
Section on Molecular Endocrinology, Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 4510, USA
J Biol Chem 286:44306-18. 2011..Failure of expression of Transition protein 2 (TP2) and Protamine 2 (Prm2) proteins (chromatin remodelers, essential for spermatid elongation and completion of spermatogenesis) .. - mRNA profiling for body fluid identification by multiplex quantitative RT-PCRJane Juusola
Graduate Program in Biomolecular Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816 2366, USA
J Forensic Sci 52:1252-62. 2007..and beta-spectrin (SPTB) for blood, statherin (STATH) and histatin 3 (HTN3) for saliva, protamine 1 (PRM1) and protamine 2 (PRM2) for semen, and matrix metalloproteinase 7 (MMP7) and matrix metalloproteinase 10 (MMP10) for menstrual .. - Nuclear organization of the protamine locusR P Martins
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Institute for Scientific Computing, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 253 C S Mott Center, 275 East Hancock Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Soc Reprod Fertil Suppl 64:1-12. 2007The human protamine gene cluster consists of three tightly regulated genes, protamine 1 (PRM1), protamine 2 (PRM2) and transition protein 2 (TNP2)... - Novel tumor antigens elicit anti-tumor humoral immune reactions in a subset of patients with polycythemia veraZeyu Xiong
Department of Pharmacology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
Clin Immunol 122:279-87. 2007..We identified two novel PV associated tumor antigens, PV65 (eIF-2alpha) and PV13 (protamine 2)... - Seminal molecular markers as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for the evaluation of spermatogenesis in non-obstructive azoospermiaFerial Aslani
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
Syst Biol Reprod Med 57:190-6. 2011..transcriptase then, (RT)-PCRs were carried out using primers for testis stage-specific genes (DAZ, AKAP4, PRM1, and PRM2). Testicular tissue biopsies were used for evaluating spermatogenesis status in testis... - Protamine 2 precursors (Pre-P2), protamine 1 to protamine 2 ratio (P1/P2), and assisted reproduction outcomeSara de Mateo
Human Genetics Research Group, Institut d Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer IDIBAPS, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Service, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain
Fertil Steril 91:715-22. 2009To determine whether the presence of protamine 2 precursors (pre-P2/P2 ratio) and the protamine 1 to protamine 2 ratio (P1/P2) are related to the assisted reproduction outcome. - Total RNA isolation from stallion sperm and testis biopsiesPranab J Das
Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX77843, USA
Theriogenology 74:1099-1106, 1106e1-2. 2010..A protocol for reverse transcriptase PCR with equine primers for PRM2 and PTPRC genes was developed to determine sperm RNA contamination with genomic DNA or RNA from somatic cells... - [Update of asthenospermia-related genes and proteins]Qi Zhao Zhou
Department of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 15:836-9. 2009..as tektin-2, DNAI1, DNAH5, DNAH11, AKAP4, SEPT4 and Smcp) and proteins (such as sperm proteins ACTB, ANXA5, PRM1, PRM2 and SABP and seminal proteins Tf, PSA, PAP and Fractalkine) are associated with asthenospermia... - Jmjd1a demethylase-regulated histone modification is essential for cAMP-response element modulator-regulated gene expression and spermatogenesisZhaoliang Liu
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas A and M University Health Science Center, Texas 77030, USA
J Biol Chem 285:2758-70. 2010..of the Crem coactivator Act and their target genes Tnp1 (transition protein 1), Tnp2, Prm1 (protamine 1), and Prm2, all of which are essential for chromatin condensation in spermatids... - A common haplotype of protamine 1 and 2 genes is associated with higher sperm countsF Tüttelmann
Institute of Human Genetics, University of Munster, Munster, Germany
Int J Androl 33:e240-8. 2010..Haploinsufficiency of the protamine 1 (PRM1) or PRM2 gene causes infertility in mice... - TDRD5 is required for retrotransposon silencing, chromatoid body assembly, and spermiogenesis in miceYukihiro Yabuta
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8501, Japan
J Cell Biol 192:781-95. 2011..factors for spermiogenesis, are expressed in Tdrd5-deficient round spermatids, but their targets, including Prm1/Prm2/Tnp1, are severely down-regulated, which indicates the importance of IMC/CB-mediated regulation for postmeiotic .. - Analysis of sperm nuclear protein gene polymorphisms and DNA integrity in infertile menSundararajan Venkatesh
Laboratory for Molecular Reproduction and Genetics, Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 29, India
Syst Biol Reprod Med 57:124-32. 2011..In total, 7 nucleotide variations including two novel changes, a non-synonymous mutation in the exon-2 of PRM2 gene (c.443C > A) and a novel insertion of T (c.396_397InsT) at the 3' UTR region of TNP1 were detected... - Evaluation of mRNA-based approach for identification of saliva and semenKoichi Sakurada
National Research Institute of Police Science, 6 3 1, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277 0882, Japan
Leg Med (Tokyo) 11:125-8. 2009..Statherin (STATH) and histatin (HTN3), the selected genes for saliva, and protamin 2 (PRM2) and semenogelin 1 (SEMG1), those selected for semen, showed high specificity to these body fluids... - Pregnancy-specific {beta}-1-glycoprotein 1 and human leukocyte antigen-E mRNA in human sperm: differential expression in fertile and infertile men and evidence of a possible functional role during early developmentConrado Avendaño
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 601 Colley Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia 23507, USA
Hum Reprod 24:270-7. 2009..We compared PSG1 and HLA-E sperm mRNA levels in fertile and infertile men and we tested the hypothesis that these transcripts are selectively retained in the newly formed zygote... - Cyclin and protamine as prognostic molecular marker for testicular sperm extraction in patients with azoospermiaTakahiro Haraguchi
Department of Organs Therapeutics, Division of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Fertil Steril 91:1424-6. 2009The CCNA1, CCNB1, CCNB2, PRM1, and PRM2 messenger RNA transcript ratios were significantly decreased in patients with spermatogenic disorders... - Protamine-1 represents a sperm specific gene transcript: a study in Callithrix jacchus and Bos taurusN Hecht
Department of Urology, Pediatric Urology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
Andrologia 43:167-73. 2011..known to play a role during fertilisation and early embryo development, namely protamine-1 (PRM1), protamine-2 (PRM2), histone H1 (H1), histone H3 (H3), histone H4 (H4), cAMP-responsive element modulator (CREM), DNA .. - Characterization of nucleohistone and nucleoprotamine components in the mature human sperm nucleusYan Li
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Wayne, MI 48201, USA
Asian J Androl 10:535-41. 2008..To simultaneously determine the localization of histones and protamines within human sperm nuclei... - Disturbances of nuclear condensation in human spermatozoa: search for mutations in the genes for protamine 1, protamine 2 and transition protein 1M Schlicker
Institute of Human Genetics, University of Gottingen, Germany
Hum Reprod 9:2313-7. 1994..of the structure of three genes which code for germ cell-specific nuclear proteins, namely protamine 1 (PRM1), protamine 2 (PRM2) and transition protein 1 (TNP1) in infertile men with disturbed sperm chromatin condensation... - Analysis of selected transcript levels in porcine spermatozoa, oocytes, zygotes and two-cell stage embryosBartosz Kempisty
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Medical Sciences, Swiecickiego 6 St 60 781, Poznan, Poland
Reprod Fertil Dev 20:513-8. 2008..quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis (RQ-PCR), we evaluated the presence of clusterin (CLU), protamine 2 (PRM2), calmegin (CLGN), cAMP-response element modulator protein (CREM), methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1), linker .. - Sperm protamine 1/protamine 2 ratios are related to in vitro fertilization pregnancy rates and predictive of fertilization abilityVincent W Aoki
Andrology and IVF Laboratories, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA
Fertil Steril 86:1408-15. 2006..To evaluate whether aberrant sperm P1/P2 ratios are predictive of abnormal fertilizing ability and are related to in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcome... - The bovine protamine 2 gene: evidence for alternative splicingH Kremling
Institut für Humangenetik der Universität, Gottingen, Germany
Biochim Biophys Acta 1132:133-9. 1992b>Protamine 2 (PRM2) is a low molecular weight arginine-rich protein which is present in haploid spermatogenic cells of human and mouse... - Mouse protamine genes are candidate targets for the novel orphan nuclear receptor, germ cell nuclear factorG C Hummelke
Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Mol Reprod Dev 50:396-405. 1998..The mouse protamine 1 and 2 (Prm1 and Prm2) genes therefore are potential target genes for GCNF regulation... - Binding of nickel(II) and copper(II) to the N-terminal sequence of human protamine HP2W Bal
Laboratory of Comparative Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, FCRDC, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
Chem Res Toxicol 10:906-14. 1997..These results imply HP2 as a likely target for the toxic metals Ni(II) and Cu(II)... - Haploid transcripts persist in mature human spermatozoaS M Wykes
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
Mol Hum Reprod 3:15-9. 1997..Previous studies from this laboratory have demonstrated that human protamines PRM1, PRM2 and transition protein TNP2 transcripts are associated with round and elongating spermatids... - Sequence analysis of the conserved protamine gene cluster shows that it contains a fourth expressed geneG Schluter
Institut für Humangenetik der Universität, Gottingen, Germany
Mol Reprod Dev 43:1-6. 1996..e., the genes are situated in a head to tail arrangement in the order: protamine 1-protamine 2-transition protein 2... - Nuclear matrix interactions within the sperm genomeJ A Kramer
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48102, USA
J Biol Chem 271:11619-22. 1996..DNase I-sensitive genes within the mature sperm nucleus, such as protamine 1, protamine 2, transition protein 2, alpha-globin, and beta-actin, display this intermediate affinity for the sperm nuclear .. - Amino acid sequence of the human intermediate basic protein 2 (HPI2) from sperm nuclei. Structural relationship with protamine P2E Alimi
Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, Université Paris XII Val de Marne, Creteil, France
Eur J Biochem 214:445-50. 1993..Arkhis, A., Alimi, E., Sautière, P. & Chevaillier, P. (1990) Eur. J. Biochem. 191, 449-451]. Due to this structural similarity, HPI2 must be considered as an intermediate in the maturation of proprotamine HPI1 limited proteolysis... - Interaction of human P1 and P2 protamines with DNAF Bianchi
Institut de Recherches sur le Cancer, Lille, France
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 201:1197-204. 1994..Moreover the binding to DNA was not influenced by the presence of zinc which induces the formation of a zinc-finger structure in protamine P2... - Characterization of a human locus in transitionJ E Nelson
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201
J Biol Chem 269:31067-73. 1994The spermatid-specific nucleoprotamine genes PRM1 and PRM2 and the transition protein gene TNP2 are clustered at a single site on human chromosome 16p13.2... - Establishment of a partially informative porcine somatic cell hybrid panel and assignment of the loci for transition protein 2 (TNP2) and protamine 1 (PRM1) to chromosome 3 and polyubiquitin (UBC) to chromosome 14G Rettenberger
Abteilung Klinische Genetik, Universitat Ulm, Germany
Genomics 21:558-66. 1994..polyubiquitin (UBC) to chromosome 14, and the transition protein 2 locus (TNP2) and protamine loci (PRM1 and PRM2) to chromosome 3. Two chromosomal localizations have been further refined by radioactive in situ hybridization... - Coordinate expression of the PRM1, PRM2, and TNP2 multigene locus in human testisS M Wykes
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine 48201
DNA Cell Biol 14:155-61. 1995..The expression of the PRM1, PRM2, and TNP2 genes facilitates the compaction and condensation of the genetic material within the developing spermatid... - A haploid expressed gene cluster exists as a single chromatin domain in human spermS K Choudhary
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
J Biol Chem 270:8755-62. 1995..The genes for three of these low molecular weight basic nuclear proteins exist as a single linear array of PRM1, PRM2, and TNP2 on human chromosome 16p13.2... - Isolation and amino-acid sequence analysis of human sperm protamines P1 and P2. Occurrence of two forms of protamine P2H Ammer
Biol Chem Hoppe Seyler 367:515-22. 1986.... - Sequence of human protamine 2 cDNAL Domenjoud
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Nucleic Acids Res 16:7733. 1988 - Molecular characterization of nuclear basic protein HPI1, a putative precursor of human sperm protamines HP2 and HP3A Martinage
Universite de Lille II, Institut de Recherches sur le Cancer, France
Eur J Biochem 191:449-51. 1990.... - Genomic sequences of human protamines whose genes, PRM1 and PRM2, are clusteredL Domenjoud
Institut für Humangenetik Universität, Gottingen, Federal Republic of Germany
Genomics 8:127-33. 1990..Using cDNA clones, we have isolated the genes for both human protamines, i.e., protamine 1 (PRM1) and protamine 2 (PRM2), from a human cosmid library... - Detection of human spermatid-specific transcripts in peripheral blood lymphocytes of males and femalesR Slomski
Institut für Humangenetik der Universität, Gottingen, Federal Republic of Germany
Hum Genet 87:307-10. 1991We describe the detection of ectopic ("illegitimate") transcripts of the proacrosin and protamine 2 genes, which are specific for human spermatogenesis, in non-cultured peripheral blood lymphocytes... - Molecular structure of human protamine P4 (HP4), a minor basic protein of human sperm nucleiA Arkhis
Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, Universite Paris Val de Marne, Creteil, France
Eur J Biochem 200:387-92. 1991..These three protamines exhibit a close structural relationship with mouse protamine mP2. The heterogeneity of protamines in human sperm nuclei is discussed... - Immunoelectron microscopic visualization of intermediate basic proteins HPI1 and HPI2 in human spermatids and spermatozoaY Prigent
Laboratoire d Histologie, JE MENESR 349, UFR Biomédicale des Saints Pères, Paris, France Jean Pierre
Reprod Nutr Dev 38:417-27. 1998.... - Genesis of a novel human sequence from the protamine PRM1 geneJ A Kramer
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
Comp Biochem Physiol C Pharmacol Toxicol Endocrinol 120:467-73. 1998The members of the male haploid expressed protamine 1 (PRM1)-->protamine 2 (PRM2)-->transition protein 2 (TNP2) locus exist as a single, coordinately expressed genic domain... - A double-stranded RNA binding protein required for activation of repressed messages in mammalian germ cellsJ Zhong
Department of Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
Nat Genet 22:171-4. 1999..Using immunohistological analysis, we determined that the endogenous Prm2 mRNA and a reporter mRNA carrying protamine 1 translational-control elements were translated in a mosaic pattern... - [Structure and role of protamines 1 and 2 in spermatogenesis and male infertility]Bartosz Kempisty
Katedra i Zakład Biochemii i Biologii Molekularnej AM im K Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu
Ginekol Pol 77:238-45. 2006..The first transcripts found in spermatozoa included protamine 1 and 2 (PRM1 and PRM2). Protamines are basic polypeptides, which form complex with DNA in spermatids and spermatozoa... - Protamine 2 precursors, protamine 1/protamine 2 ratio, DNA integrity and other sperm parameters in infertile patientsNuria Torregrosa
Human Genetics Research Group, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Hum Reprod 21:2084-9. 2006The protamine 1-to-protamine 2 ratio (P1/P2) is altered in the sperm cells of some infertile patients. Also, evidence for increased protamine 2 precursors (pre-P2) in a few patients has been reported... - 15-deoxy Delta12,14-prostaglandin J2 suppresses transcription by promoter 3 of the human thromboxane A2 receptor gene through peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma in human erythroleukemia cellsAdrian T Coyle
Department of Biochemistry, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Ireland
FEBS J 272:4754-73. 2005..1.7 cell line but had no effect on Prm1 or Prm2 activity or on TPalpha mRNA expression... - Cellular expression of protamine 1 and 2 transcripts in testicular spermatids from azoospermic men submitted to TESE-ICSIValerie Mitchell
Spermiologie Biologie de la Reproduction, et unité 422 INSERM, hôpital A Calmette, Boulevard du Professeur Jules Leclercq, CHRU Faculté de Médecine, F 59037, France
Mol Hum Reprod 11:373-9. 2005..We sought to investigate the expression of protamine 1 (PRM1) and protamine 2 (PRM2) transcripts in testicular spermatids from obstructive and non-obstructive azoospermic men with impaired .. - Effect of protamine-2 deficiency on ICSI outcomeM H Nasr-Esfahani
Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Reprod Biomed Online 9:652-8. 2004..Therefore, it can be concluded that altered P1/P2 ratio effects fertilization rate and embryo quality which subsequently may affect implantation and pregnancy outcome... - Nucleoprotein transitions during spermiogenesis in mice with transition nuclear protein Tnp1 and Tnp2 mutationsMing Zhao
Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Biol Reprod 71:1016-25. 2004..The transition nuclear proteins, TP1 and TP2, and the protamines, PRM1 and PRM2, are the major nuclear proteins involved in this process... - Identification of novel polymorphisms in the nuclear protein genes and their relationship with human sperm protamine deficiency and severe male infertilityVincent W Aoki
Andrology and IVF Laboratories, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA
Fertil Steril 86:1416-22. 2006.... - Decreased protamine-1 transcript levels in testes from infertile menKlaus Steger
Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Giessen, Germany
Mol Hum Reprod 9:331-6. 2003Infertile men exhibit an aberrant protamine-1 (Prm1) to protamine-2 (Prm2) ratio at both the mRNA and protein level... - Protamine 2 deficiency leads to sperm DNA damage and embryo death in miceChunghee Cho
Department of Life Science, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology K JIST, Kwangju 500 712, Republic of Korea
Biol Reprod 69:211-7. 2003..Previously, we have found that disruption of one copy of the gene for either protamine 1 (PRM1) or protamine 2 (PRM2) in the mouse results in a reduction in the amount of the respective protein, abnormal processing of PRM2,.. - Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the protamine-1 and -2 genes of fertile and infertile human male populationsHiromitsu Tanaka
Department of Science for Laboratory Animal Experimentation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, Suita City, Japan
Mol Hum Reprod 9:69-73. 2003..Analysis of the human protamine-1 (PRM1) and -2 (PRM2) gene sequences in 226 sterile male patients and in 270 proven-fertile male volunteers revealed four single .. - Rapid evolution of male reproductive genes in the descent of manG J Wyckoff
Committee on Genetics, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Nature 403:304-9. 2000..These results open up opportunities to test the hypothesis that sexual selection plays some role in the molecular evolution of higher primates... - Temporal control of protein synthesis during spermatogenesisR E Braun
Department of Genetics, Box 357360, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Int J Androl 23:92-4. 2000..Mice mutant for Tarbp2 are defective in proper translational activation of the Prm1 and Prm2 mRNAs and are sterile... - Round spermatids from infertile men exhibit decreased protamine-1 and -2 mRNAK Steger
Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Giessen, Germany
Hum Reprod 16:709-16. 2001..Spermatozoa from infertile men are known to exhibit an increased protamine-1 (PRM1) to protamine-2 (PRM2) protein ratio... - A preliminary report on the implication of RT-PCR detection of DAZ, RBMY1, USP9Y and Protamine-2 mRNA in testicular biopsy samples from azoospermic menA Friel
National Diagnostics Centre, BioResearch Ireland, National University of Ireland, Galway, UK
Int J Androl 25:59-64. 2002..The study of the expression of such genes in a larger number of patients might be useful in characterizing and identifying subpopulations of azoospermic men... - Accelerated protein evolution and origins of human-specific features: Foxp2 as an exampleJianzhi Zhang
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Genetics 162:1825-35. 2002..Using comparative analysis of human, chimpanzee, and mouse protein sequences, we identified two genes (PRM2 and FOXP2) with significantly enhanced evolutionary rates in the hominid lineage... - Differential zinc and DNA binding by partial peptides of human protamine HP2W Bal
Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Mol Cell Biochem 222:97-106. 2001..Zn(II) markedly enhances DNA binding by all partial peptides. These findings suggest that Zn(II) ions may be a regulatory factor for sperm chromatin condensation processes... - Comparison of the amino acid sequences of human protamines HP2 and HP3 and of intermediate basic nuclear proteins HPS1 and HPS2. Structural evidence that HPS1 and HPS2 are pro-protaminesP Sautiere
Unité Associée Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique No 409, Institut de Recherches sur le Cancer, Lille, France
J Biol Chem 263:11059-62. 1988..Their amino-terminal amino acid sequences have also been determined. The structural data thus obtained suggest that HPS1 and HPS2 are precursors of human protamines HP2 and HP3... - Chromosomal localization of the human protamine genes, PRM1 and PRM2, to 16p13.3 by in situ hybridizationF Viguie
Groupe d Etrude de la Formation et de la Maturation du Gamète Mâle, Universite Paris V, France
Hum Genet 85:171-4. 1990..cDNA probes of 423 bp and 397 bp containing the entire coding sequence for human protamine 1 (HP1) and human protamine 2 (HP2), respectively, have been used... - Lead interaction with human protamine (HP2) as a mechanism of male reproductive toxicityB Quintanilla-Vega
National Cancer Institute at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Chem Res Toxicol 13:594-600. 2000..Therefore, the ability of lead to decrease the level of HP2-DNA interaction may result in alterations to sperm chromatin condensation, and thus in reduced fertility... - Human sperm protamines. Amino-acid sequences of two forms of protamine P2D J McKay
Eur J Biochem 156:5-8. 1986..Protamine P2a is approximately 50% homologous with human protamine P1. The amino acid sequence of P2a is: (sequence; see text).. - Association between fertilin beta, protamines 1 and 2 and spermatid-specific linker histone H1-like protein mRNA levels, fertilization ability of human spermatozoa, and quality of preimplantation embryosMagdalena Depa-Martynow
Division of Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Folia Histochem Cytobiol 45:S79-85. 2007..PCR reaction (QR-PCR) methods and zygote and embryo scoring, we compared fertilin beta, protamine 1 (PRM1), protamine 2 (PRM2), spermatid-specific linker histone 1 (HILS1) mRNAs levels, in vitro fertilization ability of mature ..
Research Grants
- GENETIC MECHANISMS THAT POTENTIATE HUMAN SPERMATOGENESISSTEPHEN KRAWETZ; Fiscal Year: 2002..Only upon adopting a potentiated open chromatin state can the various members of the multigenic PRM1 yields PRM2 yields TNP2 gene cluster be transcribed...
- GENETIC MECHANISMS THAT POTENTIATE HUMAN SPERMATOGENESISSTEPHEN KRAWETZ; Fiscal Year: 2009..Only upon adopting a potentiated open chromatin state can the various members of the multigenic PRM1->PRM2->TNP2 gene cluster be transcribed...
- Functional genomic approaches to duplicate gene evolutionJianzhi Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2010..A clear understanding of these relationships helps clarify the exact molecular basis of human diseases, a necessary step in the treatment and prevention of these diseases. ..
- Evolution of vertebrate sensory genesJianzhi Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2009..These studies will also help understand human smell and taste variations and disorders. ..
- Evolution of vertebrate sensory genesJianzhi Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2010..These studies will also help understand human smell and taste variations and disorders. ..
- Evolution of vertebrate sensory genesJianzhi Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2007..These studies will also help understand human smell and taste variations and disorders. ..
- Clinical and Basic Studies in Male ReproductionGEORGE MCKNIGHT; Fiscal Year: 2007..We look forward to contributing to the outstanding clinical and basic research in this important national program. ..
- RNases for understanding the origin of new gene functionJianzhi Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- RNases for understanding the origin of new gene functionJianzhi Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..
- RNases for understanding the origin of new gene functionJianzhi Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2003....
- Functional genomic approaches to duplicate gene evolutionJianzhi Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2010..A clear understanding of these relationships helps clarify the exact molecular basis of human diseases, a necessary step in the treatment and prevention of these diseases. ..