Alterations of the USP26 gene in Caucasian men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 614-617

  Stouffs, Katrien ^a   Lissens, Willy ^a   Tournaye, Herman ^a   Steirteghem, André Van ^a   Liebaers, Inge ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Mutations; USP26; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PROTEASE 26; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOZOOSPERMIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PROTEASE 26 GENE; X CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYTOSINE; DNA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THYMINE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33751294089     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2006.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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