Single nucleotide polymorphism in the UBR2 gene may be a genetic risk factor for Japanese patients with azoospermia by meiotic arrest

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 743-746

  Miyamoto, Toshinobu ^a   Tsujimura, Akira ^b   Miyagawa, Yasushi ^b   Koh, Eitetsu ^c   Namiki, Mikio ^c   Horikawa, Michiharu ^a   Saijo, Yasuaki ^a   Sengoku, Kazuo ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Meiotic arrest; Polymorphism; UBR2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UBR2 GENE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 80755138385     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-011-9576-y     Document Type: Article

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