Novel variants in UBE2B gene and idiopathic male infertility

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 564-571

  Suryavathi, Viswanadhapalli ^a   Khattri, Arun ^a   Gopal, Kaliappan ^b   Rani, Deepa Selvi ^a   Panneerdoss, Subbarayalu ^a   Gupta, Nalini J ^c   Chakravarty, Baidyanath ^c   Deenadayal, Mamta ^d   Singh, Lalji ^a   Thangaraj, Kumarasamy ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^c Institute of Reproductive Medicine   (India)

^d Infertility Institute and Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Haplotype; SNPs; Ubiquitin; Ubiquitin conjugating enzyme

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME E2; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME E2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES;

EID: 52949109731     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.107.004580     Document Type: Article

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