A maternally inherited autosomal point mutation in human phospholipase C zeta (PLCζ) leads to male infertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 222-231

  Kashir, Junaid ^a   Konstantinidis, Michalis ^a   Jones, Celine ^a   Lemmon, Bernadette ^a   Chang Lee, Hoi ^b   Hamer, Rebecca ^c   Heindryckx, Bjorn ^d   Deane, Charlotte M ^c   De Sutter, Petra ^d   Fissore, Rafael A ^b   Parrington, John ^c   Wells, Dagan ^a   Coward, Kevin ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

infertility; inheritance; oocyte activation; phophospholipase C zeta (PLCzeta); sperm

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; LEUCINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE C ZETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOTHER; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 83755205789     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der384     Document Type: Article

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