Functional polymorphism in H2BFWT-5′UTR is associated with susceptibility to male infertility

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8 B, 2009, Pages 1942-1951

  Lee, Jinu ^a   Park, Hee Suk ^a   Kim, Hwan Hee ^a   Yun, Yeo Jin ^a   Lee, Dong Ryul ^a   Lee, Suman ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

5 UTR; H2BFWT; Male infertility; Single nucleotide polymorphism; UORF

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 72949118097     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2009.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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