Repression of hspA2 messenger RNA in human testes with abnormal spermatogenesis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1138-1144

  Son, Weon Young ^a,b   Han, Ching Tack ^a,b   Hwang, Suh Ha ^a,b   Lee, Jae Ho ^a,b   Kim, Seokjoong ^a,b   Kim, Young Chan ^a,b  

^a Bundang Jesaeng Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Competitive RT PCR; hspA2 mRNA; Human testes; Sertoli cell only syndrome; Spermatogenic arrest

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

CELL CYCLE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS;

EID: 0034076573     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00496-9     Document Type: Article

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