The protamines of the noble false widow spider Steatoda nobilis provide an example of liquid-liquid phase separation chromatin transitions during spermiogenesis
Melissa R. Leyden, Peter Michalik, Luciana Baruffaldi, Susheen Mahmood, Ladan Kalani, Donald F. Hunt, Jose Maria Eirin-Lopez, Maydianne C. B. Andrade, Jeffrey Shabanowitz, Juan Ausió
This paper characterizes protamines in the noble false widow spider Steatoda nobilis, revealing liquid-liquid phase separation during spermiogenesis and evolutionary links to histone H1.
Development · Oct 28, 2024Peer-reviewedBiochemistry