Protein and DNA contents in sperm from an infertile human male possessing protamine defects that vary over time

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 345-353

  Bench, G ^a   Corzett, M H ^a   De Yebra, L ^b   Oliva, R ^b   Balhorn, R ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Reproduction; Single cell elemental analysis; Sperm chromatin

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; CELL PROTEIN; PHOSPHORUS; PROTAMINE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON;

DNA; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHORUS; PROTAMINES; SPERMATOZOA; SULFUR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031807090     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199807)50:3<345::AID-MRD11>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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