Sperm RNA, an "Epigenetic rheostat" of gene expression?

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 235-238

  Rassoulzadegan, Minoo ^a,b   Grandjean, Valérie ^a,b   Gounon, Pierre ^c   Cuzin, François ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c Universite Co te d'Azur Parc Valrose   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSPORT; SPERM; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; SPERMATOZOON;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; RNA; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 41449088167     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010701569916     Document Type: Article

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