A preliminary report on the implication of RT-PCR detection of DAZ, RBMY1, USP9Y and Protamine-2 mRNA in testicular biopsy samples from azoospermic men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-64

  Friel, A ^a   Houghton, J A ^a   Glennon, M ^a   Lavery, R ^a   Smith, T ^a   Nolan, A ^b   Maher, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Azoospermia factor region gene expression; Germ cell markers; Idiopathic azoospermia; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTAMINE; PROTAMINE P2; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA BINDING; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0036167184     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2002.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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