Reduced Human Germ Cell-Less (HGCL) Expression in Azoospermic Men with Severe Germinal Cell Impairment

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 670-675

  Kleiman, Sandra E ^a   Yogev, Leah ^a   Gal Yam, Einav Nili ^c,d   Hauser, Ron ^a   Gamzu, Ronni ^a   Botchan, Amnon ^a   Paz, Gedalia ^a   Yavetz, Haim ^a   Maymon, Batia Bar Shira ^b   Schreiber, Letizia ^b   Barzilai, Shlomit ^c,d   Amariglio, Ninette ^c,d   Rechavi, Gideon ^c,d   Simon, Amos J ^c,d,e  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

HGCL and chromosome bivalent formation; Markers of spermatogenesis; Motility impairments; Spermatogenesis impairments; Testicular HGCL expression

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HUMAN GERM CELL LESS PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDY1; PROTEIN DAZ; PROTEIN RBM1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GCL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; GCL PROTEIN, MOUSE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS CELL; X CHROMOSOME; BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOCYTE;

BIOPSY; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OLIGOSPERMIA; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0642373687     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2003.tb02725.x     Document Type: Article

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