Phenotypic expression of partial AZFc deletions is independent of the variations in DAZL and BOULE in a Han population

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-168

  Chen, P U ^a   Ma, Mingyi ^a   Li, Lei ^b   Zhang, Sizhong ^a   Su, Dan ^a   Ma, Yongxin ^a   Liu, Yunqiang ^a   Tao, Dachang ^a   Lin, Li ^a   Yang, Yuan ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ancestral gene; DAZ; Spermatogenesis; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ANCESTRAL GENE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINA; GENE DELETION; GENES, Y-LINKED; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 77950948827     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.007187     Document Type: Article

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