A novel mechanism of protamine expression deregulation highlighted by abnormal protamine transcript retention in infertile human males with sperm protamine deficiency

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-50

  Aoki, V W ^a   Liu, L ^a   Carrell, Douglas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Expression; Human; PCR; Protamines; RT ; Sperm

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTAMINE; PROTAMINE P1; PROTAMINE P2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PROTAMINES; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33645108944     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah258     Document Type: Article

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