Genome-wide analysis identifies changes in histone retention and epigenetic modifications at developmental and imprinted gene loci in the sperm of infertile men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2558-2569

  Hammoud, Saher Sue ^a,b,c,d   Nix, David A ^b   Hammoud, Ahmad O ^d   Gibson, Mark ^d   Cairns, Bradley R ^a,b   Carrell, Douglas T ^c,d  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Andrology and IVF Laboratories   (United States)

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

Author keywords

ART; DNA methylation; Epigenetic; histone modifications; infertility; sperm

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; DNA; HISTONE; PROTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA PACKAGING; DNA PURIFICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SPERM; ZYGOTE;

EID: 80051949165     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der192     Document Type: Article

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