Comparison of the absolute level of epigenetic marks 5-methylcytosine, 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, and 5-hydroxymethyluracil between human leukocytes and sperm

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Guz, Jolanta ^a   Gackowski, Daniel ^a   Foksinski, Marek ^a   Rozalski, Rafal ^a   Olinski, Ryszard ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

5 hydroxymethylcytosine; 5 hydroxymethyluracil; 5 methylcytosine; Epigenetics; Leukocytes; Sperm

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; 5 HYDROXYMETHYLURACIL; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; 5-HYDROXYMETHYL-2'-DEOXYCYTIDINE; 5-HYDROXYMETHYL-2'-DEOXYURIDINE; 5-HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; 5-HYDROXYMETHYLURACIL; 5-METHYLDEOXYCYTIDINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOSINE; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DNA; PENTOXYL; THYMIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DNA ISOLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; POLAND; UPREGULATION;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYTOSINE; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PENTOXYL; POLAND; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPERMATOZOA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYMIDINE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84928313601     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.121541     Document Type: Article

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