The Y chromosome region essential for spermatogenesis

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue , 1996, Pages 20-23

  Nakahori, Yutaka ^a   Kuroki, Yoko ^a   Komaki, Rie ^a   Kondoh, Nobuyuki ^b   Namiki, Mikio ^c   Iwamoto, Teruaki ^d   Toda, Tatsushi ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Higashi Osaka City Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; DAZ; DNA analysis; Oligozoospermia; SMCY; Spermatogenesis; Y chromosome; YRRM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029798989     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000185175     Document Type: Article

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