Differential expression of VASA gene in ejaculated spermatozoa from normozoospermic men and patients with oligozoospermia

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 339-344

  Guo, Xin ^a,b   Gui, Yao Ting ^a   Tang, Ai Fa ^a,b   Lu, Li Hua ^a   Gao, Xin ^b   Cai, Zhi Ming ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SHENZHEN HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ejaculated spermatozoa; Male infertility; Oligozoospermia; Spermatogenesis; VASA

Indexed keywords

DEAD BOX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASA PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DDX4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MASTURBATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON; WESTERN BLOTTING; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 34347216042     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2007.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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