Genetic dissection of the AZF regions of the human Y chromosome: Thriller or filler for male (In)fertility?

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Navarro Costa, Paulo ^a,b   Plancha, Carlos E ^b   Gonaçlves, João ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR GENE; CDY GENE; DAZ GENE; DDX3Y GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; KDM5D GENE; MALE INFERTILITY; PHENOTYPE; RBMY1A1 GENE; REVIEW; Y CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; MALE;

AZF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS;

EID: 77955408331     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/936569     Document Type: Review

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