Male mice heterozygous for Protamine-1 and Protamine-2 are infertile displaying sperm damage and retention of Protamine-2 precursors, transition proteins and histones.
Gina Esther Merges, Chistoph Wiesejahn, Mar Domingo-Lopez…·Hubert Schorle
The paper investigates the fertility of male mice with one allele loss of Prm1 and Prm2, finding infertility due to sperm damage and protamine precursor retention.