AZFc region of the y chromosome shows singular structural organization

Chromosome Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-430

  Premi, Sanjay ^a   Srivastava, Jyoti ^a   Epplen, Jörg Thomas ^a,b   Ali, Sher ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autosomal homologies; AZFc configuration; Copy number variation; Structural polymorphism

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN AZF C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CDY1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DAZ1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; AZOOSPERMIA; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 15P; CHROMOSOME 5P; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; COSMID; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; Y CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; GERMANY; INDIA; PROCEDURES;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; GENETIC LOCI;

EID: 77954459005     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-010-9123-1     Document Type: Article

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