Uniform deletion junctions of complete azoospermia factor region c deletion in infertile men in Taiwan

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-211

  Hsu, Chao Chin ^a   Kuo, Pao Lin ^b   Chuang, Louise ^b   Lin, Ying Hung ^b   Teng, Yen Ni ^c   Lin, Yung Ming ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

Azoospermia factor; BPY2; CDY1; Deleted in azoospermia; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GROWTH DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MARKER GENE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TAIWAN; VALIDATION PROCESS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA PRIMERS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; TAIWAN; TESTIS;

EID: 33644804038     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2006.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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