The interaction of modified histones with the bromodomain testis-specific (BRDT) gene and its mRNA level in sperm of fertile donors and subfertile men

Reproduction

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 435-443

  Steilmann, Cornelia ^a   Cavalcanti, Márcia C O ^a   Bartkuhn, Marek ^b   Pons Kühnemann, Jörn ^a   Schuppe, Hans Christian ^a   Weidner, Wolfgang ^a   Steger, Klaus ^a   Paradowska, Agnieszka ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute for Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMODOMAIN TESTIS SPECIFIC PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE; HISTONE H3; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRDT GENE; EPIGENETICS; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; METHYLATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SUBFERTILITY;

ACETYLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EXONS; FERTILITY; GERMANY; HISTONES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LYSINE; MALE; METHYLATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77956202078     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0139     Document Type: Article

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