Human Y chromosome azoospermia factors (AZF) mapped to different subregions in Yq11

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 933-943

  Vogt, P H ^a   Edelmann, A ^a   Kirsch, S ^a   Henegariu, O ^a   Hirschmann, P ^a   Kiesewetter, F ^b   Kohn F M ^c   Schill, W B ^c   Farah, S ^d   Ramos, C ^d   Hartmann, M ^a   Hartschuh, W ^a   Meschede, D ^e   Behre, H M ^e   Castel, A ^e   Nieschlag, E ^e   Weidner, W ^f   Grone H J ^g   Jung, A ^c   Engel, W ^h   Haidl, G ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^g PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME YQ; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE SECTION;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE DELETION; GENES; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0007272350     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.7.933     Document Type: Article

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