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Failure of phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase expression in oligoasthenozoospermia and mutations in the PHGPx gene.
Andrologia - 1 Aug 2006
Diaconu M, Tangat Y, Böhm D, Kühn H, Michelmann H W, Schreiber G, Haidl G, Glander H-J, Engel W, Nayernia K
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Phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (PHGPx) is a selenoprotein belonging to the family of glutathione peroxidases. PHGPx has long been considered a major antioxidant that, in cooperation with vitamin E, protects biomembranes. To determine the expression pattern of PHGPx mRNA in huma...
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