Some single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the TSSK2 gene may be associated with human spermatogenesis impairment

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 388-392

  Zhang, Hao ^a   Su, Dan ^a   Yang, Yuan ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Liu, Yunqiang ^a   Bai, Gang ^a   Ma, Mingyi ^a   Ma, Yongxin ^a   Zhang, Sizhong ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Male infertility; Mutation screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TSSK2 GENE;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SPERMATOGENESIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957844086     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.109.008466     Document Type: Article

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