Differences in the DNA-stainability of spermatozoa from fertile and suspected infertile men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 275-281

  Bito, Monika ^a   Czihak, Gerhard ^a   Betz, Sabine ^a   Wastian, Elisabeth ^b   Frick, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b St Johanns Spital   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chromatin packaging; DNA staining; Fertility; Fluorescent dye; Spermatozoa; YOYO 1

Indexed keywords

CYANINE DYE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING;

ANIMALS; BENZOXAZOLES; CATTLE; DNA; EVALUATION STUDIES; FERTILITY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; INDOLES; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; QUINOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0032777887     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1999.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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