Characterization and sorting of flow cytometric populations in human semen

Andrology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 394-401

  Marchiani, S ^a   Tamburrino, L ^a   Olivito, B ^b   Betti, L ^b   Azzari, C ^b   Forti, G ^a   Baldi, E ^a   Muratori, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell sorting; Flow cytometry; Human spermatozoa; Sperm chromatin immaturity

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CHROMOMYCIN; CHROMATIN;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; MALE; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MALE INFERTILITY; PATHOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CHROMATIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84899104466     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2014.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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