Novel Insights into DNA Methylation Features in Spermatozoa: Stability and Peculiarities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Krausz, Csilla ^a,b   Sandoval, Juan ^c   Sayols, Sergi ^c   Chianese, Chiara ^a   Giachini, Claudia ^a   Heyn, Holger ^c   Esteller, Manel ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b FUNDACIÓ PUIGVERT   (Spain)

^c BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ADULT; CPG ISLANDS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SPERMATOZOA; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 84867031187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044479     Document Type: Article

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