Mouse homologues of the human AZF candidate gene RBM are expressed in spermatogonia and spermatids, and map to a Y chromosome deletion interval associated with a high incidence of sperm abnormalities

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 715-727

  Mahadevaiah, Shantha K ^a   Odorisio, Teresa ^a,f   Elliott, David J ^b   Rattigan, Áine ^a   Szot, Maria ^a   Laval, Steven H ^e   Washburn, Linda L ^c   McCarrey, John R ^d   Cattanach, Bruce M ^e   Lovell Badge, Robin ^a   Burgoyne, Paul S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^f LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TRANSGENE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 6844266287     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.4.715     Document Type: Article

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