Association of three isoforms of the meiotic BOULE gene with spermatogenic failure in infertile men

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-93

  Kostova, E ^a   Yeung, C H ^a   Luetjens, C M ^a   Brune, M ^a   Nieschlag, E ^a   Gromoll, Jeorg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

BOULE; Isoforms; Meiotic arrest; mRNA quantification

Indexed keywords

BOULE PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MACACA; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 33846519553     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gal101     Document Type: Article

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