Polymorphisms of the human PUMILIO2 gene and male sterility

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 795-799

  Kusz, K ^a   Ginter Matuszewska, B ^a   Ziolkowska, K ^a   Spik, A ^a   Bierla, J ^b   Jedrzejczak, P ^b   Latos Bielenska, A ^b   Pawelczyk, L ^b   Jaruzelska, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Germ cells; Male infertility; mRNA splicing; PUMILIO2; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSINE; GENE PRODUCT; GUANINE; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; PROTEIN PUMILIO2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUMILIO2 GENE; RNA SPLICING; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34247568309     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20683     Document Type: Article

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