A significant effect of the TSPY1 copy number on spermatogenesis efficiency and the phenotypic expression of the gr/gr deletion

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1679-1695

  Shen, Ying ^a   Yan, Yuanlong ^a   Liu, Yunqiang ^a   Zhang, Sizhong ^a   Yang, Dong ^b   Zhang, Peng ^a   Li, Lei ^b   Wang, Yan ^b   Ma, Yongxin ^a   Tao, Dachang ^a   Yang, Yuan ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TESTIS SPECIFIC PROTEIN Y ENCODED 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; ETHNICITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHINA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; COHORT STUDIES; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84875787924     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt004     Document Type: Article

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