Human sperm chromatin epigenetic potential: Genomics, proteomics, and male infertility

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 601-609

  Castillo, Judit ^a,b   Estanyol, Josep Maria ^c   Ballescà, Josep Lluis ^b   Oliva, Rafael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

genomics; male infertility; proteomics; sperm chromatin; sperm epigenetics

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; PROTAMINE; PROTEIN;

CHROMATIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN ACETYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEOMICS; SPERM; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X CHROMATIN;

DNA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; SEX CHROMATIN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84973440945     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.153302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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