Association study of six SNPs in PRM1, PRM2 and TNP2 genes in iranian infertile men with idiopathic azoospermia

Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-336

  Siasi, Elham ^a   Aleyasin, Ahmad ^b   Mowla, Javad ^a   Sahebkashaf, Hamid ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c Navide Institute of Infertility   (Iran)

Author keywords

Male infertility; PRM1gene; PRM2 gene; SNP; TNP2 gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRM1 GENE; PRM2 GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TNP2 GENE;

EID: 84865070424     PISSN: 16806433     EISSN: 20082177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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