Polymorphic expression of DAZ proteins in the human testis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1507-1515

  Kim, Byunghyuk ^a   Lee, Youngbin ^a   Kim, Yeonwha ^a   Lee, Kyung Ho ^a   Chun, Sunhye ^a   Rhee, Kunsoo ^a   Seo, Ju Tae ^b   Kim, Soo Woong ^a   Paick, Jae Seung ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DAZ; Male infertility; Testis; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAZ GENE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TESTIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 66249119343     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep032     Document Type: Article

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