Characteristics of human sperm chromatin structure following an episode of influenza and high fever: A case study

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 739-746

  Evenson, Donald P ^a   Jost, Lorna K ^a   Corzett, Michele ^b   Balhorn, Rod ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA denaturation; Infertility; SCSA

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; FEVER; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; INFLUENZA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEVER; HISTONES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PRODRUGS; PROTAMINES; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0033822354     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2000.tb02142.x     Document Type: Article

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