Male infertility, genetic analysis of the DAZ genes on the human Y chromosome and genetic analysis of DNA repair

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 41-49

  Fox, Mark S ^a   Reijo Pera, Renee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; AZoospermia Factor (AZF); Deleted in AZoospermia (DAZ); Genetics of male infertility; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MUTATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0035955873     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(01)00646-3     Document Type: Article

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