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

The classical idea about the function of the mammalian sperm chromatin is that it serves to transmit a highly protected and transcriptionally inactive paternal genome, largely condensed by protamines, to the next generation. In addition, recent sperm chromatin genome-wide dissection studies indicate...

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Main Authors: Judit Castillo, Josep Maria Estanyol, Josep Lluis Ballescà, Rafael Oliva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Andrology
Subjects:
egg
Online Access:http://www.ajandrology.com/article.asp?issn=1008-682X;year=2015;volume=17;issue=4;spage=601;epage=609;aulast=Castillo