Single-cell pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to detect the early stage of DNA fragmentation in human sperm nuclei

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Kaneko, Satoru ^a   Yoshida, Joji ^a   Ishikawa, Hiromichi ^a   Takamatsu, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; NUCLEAR MATRIX PROTEIN; PROTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA PURIFICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84864414659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042257     Document Type: Article

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