Genome-wide sperm deoxyribonucleic acid methylation is altered in some men with abnormal chromatin packaging or poor in vitro fertilization embryogenesis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Aston, Kenneth I ^a   Punj, Vasu ^b   Liu, Lihua ^a   Carrell, Douglas T ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; epigenetic; genome wide; male infertility; protamine

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; PROTAMINE; PROTAMINE P1; PROTAMINE P2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84856368314     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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