Male infertility and the involvement of the X chromosome

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 623-637

  Stouffs, Katrien ^a,b   Tournaye, Herman ^a,c   Liebaers, Inge ^a,b   Lissens, Willy ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gene mutations; Male infertility; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE ANCHORING PROTEIN; FETAL AND ADULT EXPRESSED PROTEIN; NUCLEAR EXPORT FACTOR 2 PROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR; TATA BOX BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR 7 LIKE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PROTEASE 26; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 70349983999     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmp023     Document Type: Article

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