Structure of human sperm DNA and background damage, analysed by in situ enzymatic treatment and digital image analysis

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-209

  Muriel, Lourdes ^a   Segrelles, Enrique ^b   Goyanes, Vicente ^a,b   Gosálvez, Jaime ^c   Fernández, José Luis ^a,b  

^a Hospital Teresa Herrera   (Spain)

^b ARGGORA Unidad de la Mujer   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkali labile sites; Alkaline DNA unwinding; Chromatin structure; DBD FISH; Sperm DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE III; NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PACKAGING; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME THERAPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MUNG BEAN; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY;

CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 1842585237     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah029     Document Type: Article

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