Molecular analysis of the PArkin co-regulated gene and association with male infertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2262-2268

  Wilson, Gabrielle R ^a   Sim, Marcus L J ^a   Brody, Kate M ^a   Taylor, Juliet M ^a   McLachlan, Robert I ^b   O'Bryan, Moira K ^b   Delatycki, Martin B ^a,c   Lockhart, Paul J ^a,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Gene structure; Male infertility; Mutation screen; PArkin co regulated gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PARKIN CO REGULATED GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS;

CHAPERONE; PACRG PROTEIN, HUMAN;

BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TESTIS;

EID: 77952575138     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.079     Document Type: Article

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