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Identification of several proteins involved in regulation of sperm motility by proteomic analysis.

Zhao C, Huo R, Wang FQ, Lin M, Zhou ZM, Sha JH

Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.

Proteomic technology was used to compare sperm protein expression profiles in asthenozoospermic patients with that of normozoospermic donors and 10 differentially expressed proteins were identified. These proteins may play roles in the regulation of sperm motility, and their characterization could merit further investigation on sperm motility-related male factor infertility.

Published 5 February 2007 in Fertil Steril, 87(2): 436-8.
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