Increased frequency of mutations in DNA from infertile men with meiotic arrest

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1289-1294

  Nudell, David ^a   Castillo, Michael ^a   Turek, Paul J ^a   Pera, Renee Reijo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Male infertility; Meiosis; Mismatch repair; Nucleotide excision repair

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0034035318     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.6.1289     Document Type: Article

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