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ReviewChromosoma2003

A walk though vertebrate and invertebrate protamines.

John D Lewis, Yue Song, Miriam E de Jong, Sabira M Bagha, Juan Ausió

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Review in Chromosoma, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 202 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Sperm DNA Fragmentation: The Concept and Its Use in Assisted Reproduction.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  6. The protamines of the noble false widow spiderbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  7. Protamines and the sperm nuclear basic proteins Pandora's Box of insects.Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire · 2024
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  8. International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John D LewisDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada.
Yue Song
Miriam E de Jong
Sabira M Bagha
Juan Ausió
University of Victoria · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An updated comparative analysis of protamines and their corresponding genes is presented, including representative organisms from each of the vertebrate classes and one invertebrate (squid, Loligo opalescens). Special emphasis is placed on the implications for sperm chromatin organization and the evolutionary significance. The review is based on some of the most recent publications in the field and builds upon previously published reviews on this topic.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsChromatinEvolution, MolecularGenetic VariationHumansMaleMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyProtaminesProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalSpermatozoaChromatinProtamines

Identifiers

PMID12743711
OpenAlexW2000099078

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