Heparin enhances protamine disulfide bond reduction during in vitro decondensation of human spermatozoa

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1930-1938

  Julianelli, V ^a   Farrando, B ^a   Alvarez Sed, C ^b   Calvo, L ^a   Romanato, M ^a   Calvo, J C ^a,c  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b Centro de Estudios en Ginecologia y Reproduccion Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

glutathione; heparan sulfate; human oocyte; protamine disulfide reduction; sperm nuclear decondensation

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BROMOBIMANE; DITHIOTHREITOL; DNA; GLUTATHIONE; HEPARIN; PROTAMINE; REAGENT; REDUCING AGENT; THIOL;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECONDENSATION; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA DENATURATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METAPHASE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING;

EID: 84863559365     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des139     Document Type: Article

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