Heterogeneous distribution of histone methylation in mature human sperm

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-49

  La Spina, Florenza A ^a   Romanato, Marina ^a   Brugo Olmedo, Santiago ^b   De Vincentiis, Sabrina ^b   Julianelli, Vanina ^a   Rivera, Rocio M ^c   Buffone, Mariano G ^a  

^a Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^b Centro Medico Seremas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; Histone modifications; Human sperm; Sperm subpopulations

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; HELA CELL; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

CELL NUCLEUS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HELA CELLS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84895885278     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-0137-4     Document Type: Article

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