Increased sperm ubiquitination correlates with abnormal chromatin integrity

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 324-330

  Hodjat, M ^a   Akhondi, M A ^a   Al Hasani, S ^b   Mobaraki, M ^a   Sadeghi, M R ^a  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin integrity; Immunofluorescence; Male infertility; Spermatozoa; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 52049084827     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60215-5     Document Type: Article

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