Mutation analysis of the BOULE gene in men with non-obstructive azoospermia: Identification of a novel polymorphic variant in the black population

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 301-303

  Lepretre, Anne Claire ^a,b   Patrat, Catherine ^b   Jouannet, Pierre ^b   Bienvenu, Thierry ^a  

^a Institut Cochin   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

African population; Azoospermia; BOULE gene; Denaturing high pressure; Liquid chromatography

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HUMANS; MACACA; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 5644225679     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2004.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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