Improvement in chromatin maturity of human spermatozoa selected through density gradient centrifugation

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-267

  De Mateo, S ^a   Ramos, L ^b   Van Der Vlag, J ^c   De Boer, P ^b   Oliva, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromatin condensation; Density gradient; Histones; Protamines; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BROMOBIMANE; HISTONE; PROTAMINE; THIOL;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOSOME; OLIGOASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON;

ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CHROMATIN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROTAMINES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 79955589981     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2010.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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