Protamine 2 precursors, protamine 1/protamine 2 ratio, DNA integrity and other sperm parameters in infertile patients

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2084-2089

  Torregrosa, Nuria ^a,d   Domínguez Fandos, David ^a,d   Camejo, Maria Isabel ^a,b   Shirley, Cynthia R ^c   Meistrich, Marvin L ^c   Ballescà, José Luis ^d   Oliva, Rafael ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA integrity; Infertility; Precursor; Protamine; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; PROTAMINE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 33745258535     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del114     Document Type: Article

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