Quantification of DDX3Y, RBMY1, DAZ and TSPY mRNAs in testes of patients with severe impairment of spermatogenesis

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 705-712

  Lardone, M C ^a   Parodi, D A ^a   Valdevenito, R ^b   Ebensperger, M ^c   Piottante, A ^d   Madariaga, M ^a   Smith, R ^a   Pommer, R ^a   Zambrano, N ^e   Castro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL SAN BORJA ARRIARÁN   (Chile)

^d HOSPITAL SAN JUAN DE DIOS   (Chile)

^e Militar Hospital of Santiago   (Chile)

Author keywords

AZF genes; DBY; DDX3Y; Spermatogenesis impairment; Testicular transcripts

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN DAZ; PROTEIN DDX3Y; PROTEIN RBMY1; PROTEIN TSPY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 35148849627     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gam057     Document Type: Article

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