Genetics of male infertility: The new players;Génétique de l'infertilité masculine: Les nouveaux acteurs

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 497-502

  Coutton, Charles ^a,b,c   Satre, Véronique ^a,b,c   Arnoult, Christophe ^a,b   Ray, Pierre ^a,b,c  

^a CNRS FRE3405   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA KINASE; DPY19L2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84861917862     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: 19585381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2012285014     Document Type: Review

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