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Phosphopeptide Analysis of Rodent Epididymal Spermatozoa
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The histone to protamine ratio in human spermatozoa: comparative study of whole and processed semen
Armand Zini1, Maria San Gabriel, Xiaoyang Zhang
1Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. armand.zini@ssss.gouv.qc.ca <armand.zini@ssss.gouv.qc.ca>
Fertility and Sterility
|November 4, 2006
Abstract:
Sperm protamine deficiency has been demonstrated in some infertile men and may be an important determinant of sperm DNA integrity. We sought to examine and compare the sperm nuclear histone to protamine ratio in whole and processed semen samples from fertile and infertile men.
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