Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase and choline dehydrogenase gene polymorphisms are associated with human sperm concentration

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 778-783

  Lazaros, Leandros ^a   Xita, Nectaria ^b   Hatzi, Elissavet ^a   Kaponis, Apostolos ^a   Makrydimas, Georgios ^a   Takenaka, Atsushi ^c   Sofikitis, Nikolaos ^a   Stefos, Theodoros ^a   Zikopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Georgiou, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

choline dehydrogenase; male infertility; phosphatidylethanolamine N methyltransferase; phospholipids; sperm concentration

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHOLINE DEHYDROGENASE; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84866235592     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.125     Document Type: Article

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