Methylation status of imprinted genes and repetitive elements in sperm DNA from infertile males

Sexual Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 60-69

  El Hajj, N ^a   Zechner, U ^b   Schneider, E ^a   Tresch, A ^c   Gromoll, J ^d   Hahn, T ^e   Schorsch, M ^e   Haaf, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e Fertility Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALU repeats; ART outcome; Imprinted genes; Male infertility; Sperm DNA methylation

Indexed keywords

DNA; KCNQ1OT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; MEG3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MESODERM SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT PROTEIN; PEG3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SNRNP CORE PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 79952993577     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323806     Document Type: Article

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