Association of USP26 haplotypes in men in Taiwan, China with severe spermatogenic defect

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 896-904

  Lee, I Wen ^a   Kuan, Long Ching ^b   Lin, Chien Hung ^a   Pan, Hsien An ^a   Hsu, Chao Chin ^c   Tsai, Yung Chieh ^d   Kuo, Pao Lin ^a   Teng, Yen Ni ^e  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KUO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEASOME; PROTEIN USB26; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PRIMER DNA; USP26 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATHOGENESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN; ADULT; ALLELE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ADULT; ALLELES; AZOOSPERMIA; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPERMATOGENESIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 59449097319     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2008.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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