Confirmation of the high prevalence in Morocco of the homozygous mutation c.144delC in the aurora kinase C gene (AURKC) in the teratozoospermia with large-headed spermatozoa;Confirmation de la forte prévalence au Maroc de la mutation homozygote c.144delC du gène aurora kinase C (AURKC) dans les tératozoospermies avec spermatozoïdes macrocéphales

Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-333

  El Kerch, F ^a   Lamzouri, A ^a   Laarabi, F Z ^a   Zahi, M ^b   Ben Amar, B ^b   Sefiani, A ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D HYGIÈNE   (Morocco)

^b Centre de PMA   (Morocco)

^c MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

AURKC; Large headed spermatozoa; Male infertility

Indexed keywords

AURORA C KINASE; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOROCCO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRISM; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MOROCCO; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SPERM HEAD;

EID: 79957787648     PISSN: 03682315     EISSN: 17730430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgyn.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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