Lack of association of MTHFR rs1801133 polymorphism and CTCFL mutations with sperm methylation errors in infertile patients

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1125-1131

  Camprubí, Cristina ^a   Pladevall, Marta ^a   Grossmann, Mark ^b   Garrido, Nicolás ^c   Pons, Maria C ^b   Blanco, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO MÉDICO TEKNON   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CTCFL; DNA methylation; Imprinting errors; Male infertility; MTHFR polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; BETAINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; FOLIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; METHIONINE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE 4; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; MTHFR PROTEIN; PROTEIN; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ERROR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPERM; SPERM DONOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84886429798     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-0013-2     Document Type: Article

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