Increased N6-methyladenosine in Human Sperm RNA as a Risk Factor for Asthenozoospermia

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yang, Ying ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Huang, Jing Tao ^a   Shen, Fan ^a   Xiong, Jun ^a   Yuan, Er Feng ^a   Qin, Shan Shan ^a   Zhang, Ming ^a   Feng, Yu Qi ^a   Yuan, Bi Feng ^a   Liu, Song Mei ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; RNA;

ASTHENOSPERMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SPERMATOZOON; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADENOSINE; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HUMANS; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPERMATOZOA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84969786981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep24345     Document Type: Article

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