Proteomics of human seminal plasma: Identification of biomarker candidates for fertility and infertility and the evolution of technology

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 350-357

  Milardi, Domenico ^a   Grande, Giuseppe ^a   Vincenzoni, Federica ^a   Castagnola, Massimo ^a   Marana, Riccardo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

DATA ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SEMINAL PLASMA; SURFACE ENHANCED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PROTEOMICS; SEMEN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS;

EID: 84877914423     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22178     Document Type: Review

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