The role of the testis-specific gene hTAF7L in the aetiology of male infertility

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 263-267

  Stouffs, Katrien ^a   Willems, A ^a   Lissens, W ^a   Tournaye, H ^a   Van Steirteghem, A ^a   Liebaers, I ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Mutations; TAF7L; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR; TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR 7 LIKE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TAF7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS BIOPSY; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENES, X-LINKED; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TATA-BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTORS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIID;

EID: 33646857712     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gal020     Document Type: Article

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