Ubiquitin-based sperm assay for the diagnosis of male factor infertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 250-258

  Sutovsky, Peter ^a   Terada, Yukihiro ^c   Schatten, Gerald ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Male factor infertility; SUTI; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE MARKER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN BINDING; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

EID: 0035134182     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.2.250     Document Type: Article

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