The expression of polymerase gamma and mitochondrial transcription factor A and the regulation of mitochondrial DNA content in mature human sperm

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1585-1596

  Amaral, Alexandra ^a,b   Ramalho Santos, João ^b   St John, Justin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial transcription factor A; Polymerase gamma; Sperm

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN COX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY DNA SEQUENCE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AVENA;

EID: 34447303791     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem030     Document Type: Article

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