The sperm epigenome and potential implications for the developing embryo

Reproduction

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 727-734

  Jenkins, Timothy G ^a   Carrell, Douglas T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTAMINE;

AGING; CELL ACTIVATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GAMETE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84861514065     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-11-0450     Document Type: Review

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