Relationship between phospholipase C-zeta, semen parameters, and chromatin status

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 259-268

  Tavalaee, Marziyeh ^a   Kiani Esfahani, Abbas ^a   Nasr Esfahani, Mohammad H ^a,b  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN FERTILITY AND INFERTILITY CENTER   (Iran)

Author keywords

DNA fragmentation; male infertility; PLC ; protamine deficiency; semen parameters

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE C ZETA; PROTAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TUNEL ASSAY; ADULT; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; CHROMATIN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES;

EID: 85016094237     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19396368.2017.1298006     Document Type: Article

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