Additional genomic duplications in AZFc underlie the b2/b3 deletion-associated risk of spermatogenic impairment in Han Chinese population

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4411-4421

  Lu, Chuncheng ^a   Zhang, Feng ^b   Yang, Hua ^a   Xu, Miaofei ^a   Du, Guizhen ^a   Wu, Wei ^a   An, Yu ^b,c   Qin, Yufeng ^a   Ji, Guixiang ^a   Han, Xiumei ^a   Gu, Aihua ^a   Xia, Yankai ^a   Song, Ling ^a   Wang, Shoulin ^a   Jin, Li ^b,c   Wang, Xinru ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR C; PROTEIN DAZ1; PROTEIN DAZ2; PROTEIN DAZ3; PROTEIN DAZ4; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENE DUPLICATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 80054880543     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr369     Document Type: Article

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