(biochemistry) Any of various strongly basic proteins of relatively low molecular weight that are rich in arginine and are found associated especially with DNA in place of histone in the sperm cells of various animals (such as fish).

plural of protamine

Alternative form of protamine

plural of protamin

The process of protaminizing

simple past tense and past participle of protaminize

(biology) To express protamine

(biology) The formation of protamines during spermatogenesis

To cause or to undergo protamination

simple past tense and past participle of protaminate