Expression profiles of the DAZ gene family in human testis with and without spermatogenic failure

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1034-1040

  Kuo, Pao Lin ^a,b   Wang, Shan Tair ^b   Lin, Yung Ming ^b   Lin, Ying Hung ^b   Teng, Yen Ni ^c   Hsu, Chao Chin ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^d Taiwan United Birth Promoting Experts   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; BOULE; DAZ; DAZL; Testis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BOULE GENE; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAZ GENE; DAZL GENE; GAPDH GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEADY STATE; TESTIS; UNIVERSITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 1842526947     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.08.047     Document Type: Article

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