Increased levels of sperm ubiquitin correlate with semen quality in men from a andrology laboratory clinic population

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 628-638

  Sutovsky, Peter ^a   Hausers, Russ ^b,c   Sutovsky, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Sperm; SUTI assay; Toxicology; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; SOLVENT; UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANDROLOGY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTEIN CONTENT; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 1542397212     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh131     Document Type: Article

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