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Some Aspects of Chromatin Organization in Sperm Nuclei

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During sperm differentiation, the nuclear chromatin is generally affected by dramatic modifications of its organization inside the nucleus, of the protein complement associated with DNA as well as of its biological properties. From an anatomical point of view, the general shaping of the nucleus and the different phases of chromatin modelling along spemiogenesis follow different schedules despite the fact that the ultimate step corresponds almost in all cases in highly compacted chromatin. Taking into account the results obtained with cytochemical tests, four main kinds of nuclear basic protein evolution were described (Bloch, 1969, 1976) : 1) Sperm nuclear proteins are histone-like proteins ; 2) Somatic histones are replaced by protamines ; 3) Sperm nuclear proteins have properties which seem intermediate between histones and protamines ; 4) No basic protein can be detected inside mature sperm nuclei. No relationship can be clearly established between the nuclear basic protein content, the degree of chromatin compaction and sperm nuclear morphology, except in case 4) where sperm nuclei are irregularly shaped and chromatin appears poorly condensed, such as in seme Crustaceans. As the structure of the sperm histones and of the so-called intermediate basic proteins are discussed elsewhere during this Symposium, we shall discuss in this review only the known properties of protamines and their interactions with DNA in sperm chromatin.

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