Analyses of GDF9 mutation in 100 Chinese women with premature ovarian failure

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1474-1476

  Zhao, Han ^a,b   Qin, Yingying ^a,b   Kovanci, Ertug ^b   Simpson, Joe Leigh ^b   Chen, Zi Jiang ^a   Rajkovic, Aleksandar ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; THREONINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALANINE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MUTATION; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; THREONINE;

EID: 35649009891     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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