Two single nucleotide polymorphisms in PRDM9 (MEISETZ) gene may be a genetic risk factor for Japanese patients with azoospermia by meiotic arrest

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 553-557

  Miyamoto, Toshinobu ^a   Koh, Eitetsu ^b   Sakugawa, Naoko ^a   Sato, Hisashi ^a   Hayashi, Hiroaki ^a   Namiki, Mikio ^b   Sengoku, Kazuo ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; CDK2; PRDM9; PSMC3IP; SNP

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; GENOMIC DNA; PR DOMAIN CONTAINING 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; DNA EXTRACTION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JAPANESE; MALE; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION;

ALLELES; AZOOSPERMIA; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 2; DNA; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEIOSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 57349102927     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-008-9270-x     Document Type: Article

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