A common haplotype of protamine 1 and 2 genes is associated with higher sperm counts

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Tuttelmann F ^a   Krenkova P ^b   Romer S ^a   Nestorovic, A R ^c   Ljujic, M ^c   Stambergova A ^b   MacEk Jr , M ^b   MacEk Sr , M ^b   Nieschlag, E ^a   Gromoll, J ^a   Simoni, M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENETIC ENGINEERING   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Male infertility; PRM1; PRM2; Protamine; Semen parameters; SNP

Indexed keywords

PROTAMINE; PROTAMINE P1; PROTAMINE P2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ADULT; CHROMATIN; FERTILITY; GENES; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTONES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTAMINES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 74349103045     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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