Mitochondrial DNA deletions and nuclear DNA fragmentation in testicular and epididymal human sperm

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1565-1570

  O'Connell, M ^a   McClure, N ^a,b   Lewis, S E M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron transfer chain; Long PCR; Mitochondrial; Mitochondrial DNA deletion; Nuclear DNA

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; EPIDIDYMIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAFETY; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS FUNCTION; WILD TYPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SAFETY; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0035989376     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.6.1565     Document Type: Article

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