Human DAZL1 encodes a candidate fertility factor in women that localizes to the prenatal and postnatal germ cells

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2531-2536

  Dorfman, David M ^a,c   Genest, David R ^a   Reijo Fera, Renee A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DAZL1; Female fertility; Premature ovarian failure; Primary amenorrhoea

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; DNA; F FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 3P; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY DISEASE; PRIMARY AMENORRHEA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032851882     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.10.2531     Document Type: Article

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