Ubiquitin-dependent sperm quality control mechanism recognizes spermatozoa with DNA defects as revealed by dual ubiquitin-TUNEL assay

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 406-413

  Sutovsky, Peter ^a,c,d   Neuber, Evelyn ^b   Schatten, Gerald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA; Epididymis; Sperm morphology; TUNEL assay; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DNA DAMAGE; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SPERMATOZOA; UBIQUITIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036165849     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10101     Document Type: Article

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