Association of meiotic arrest with lack of BOULE protein expression in infertile men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1926-1933

  Luetjens, C Marc ^a   Xu, Eugene Y ^b   Rejo Pera, Renee A ^b   Kamischke, Axel ^a   Nieschlag, Eberhard ^a   Gromoll, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOULE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CDC25 PHOSPHATASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 1942536626     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-031178     Document Type: Article

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