DAX-1 and DAX-1A expression in human testicular tissues with primary spermatogenic failure

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 739-746

  Lardone, M C ^a   Parada bustamante, A ^a   Ebensperger, M ^b   Valdevenito, R ^c   Kakarieka, E ^b   Martinez D ^a   Pommer, R ^a   Piottante, A ^d   Castro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL SAN BORJA ARRIARÁN   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

DAX 1; DAX 1A; NR0B1; NR0B1A; Spermatogenic failure

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL ONLY SYNDROME; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS; TESTIS ATROPHY;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILE; DAX-1 ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELL-ONLY SYNDROME; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEROIDS;

EID: 81255190610     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gar051     Document Type: Article

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