A human homologue of the Drosophila melanogaster diaphanous gene is disrupted in a patient with premature ovarian failure: Evidence for conserved function in oogenesis and implications for human sterility

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 533-541

  Bione, Silvia ^a   Sala, Cinzia ^b   Manzini, Chiara ^a   Arrigo, Giulia ^b   Zuffardi, Orsetta ^a,b   Banfi, Sandro ^c   Borsani, Giuseppe ^c   Jonveaux, Philippe ^d   Philippe, Christophe ^d   Zuccotti, Maurizio ^a   Ballabio, Andrea ^c   Toniolo, Daniela ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c TELETHON INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND MEDICINE TIGEM   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN DIA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION X; CHROMOSOME XQ; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 17344369363     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301761     Document Type: Article

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