Analysis of the methylation pattern of six gene promoters in sperm of men with abnormal protamination

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 342-346

  Nanassy, Laszlo ^a   Carrell, Douglas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; gene promoter; male infertility; methylation; protamine

Indexed keywords

PROTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREM GENE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE; HOXC 11 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MIR 17 GENE; NANOG GENE; OCT 4 GENE; PILOT STUDY; PROMOTER REGION; SOX 2 GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICRORNAS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PILOT PROJECTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTAMINES; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 79952413674     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.160     Document Type: Article

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