Association of a novel human mtDNA ATPase6 mutation with immature sperm cells

Andrologia

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 339-345

  Holyoake, A J ^a   Sin, I L ^b   Benny, P S ^b   Sin, F Y T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ATPase6; Heteroplasmy; Human; Infertility; mtDNA; Spermatid

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROLINE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; POINT MUTATION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033377822     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.1999.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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