Small RNA in spermatogenesis and male infertility

Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar

Volumn 4 S, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1266-1274

  Rajender, Singh ^a   Meador, Corey ^b   Agarwal, Ashok ^b  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Male infertility; MiRNA; Piwi; Review; RNA; Small RNA

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICRORNAS; RNA; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84869448391     PISSN: 19450516     EISSN: 19450524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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