Gene transcripts in spermatozoa: Markers of male infertility

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 413, Issue 13-14, 2012, Pages 1035-1038

  Li, Chunjin ^a   Zhou, Xu ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Expression; Male infertility; Sperm RNAs

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84860354486     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2012.03.002     Document Type: Review

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