Unraveling the sperm proteome and post-genomic pathways associated with sperm nuclear DNA fragmentation

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1187-1202

  Intasqui, Paula ^a   Camargo, Mariana ^a   Del Giudice, Paula T ^a   Spaine, Deborah M ^a   Carvalho, Valdemir M ^b   Cardozo, Karina H M ^b   Cedenho, Agnaldo P ^a   Bertolla, Ricardo P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fleury   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; DNA fragmentation; Proteomics; Sperm

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; PROTEOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COMET ASSAY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EJACULATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENERGY YIELD; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE;

CELL NUCLEUS; COMET ASSAY; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEOME; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84886585755     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-0054-6     Document Type: Article

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