Ubiquitin-specific protease (USP26) gene alterations associated with male infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) in Iranian infertile patients

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 923-931

  Asadpor, U ^a   Totonchi, M ^a   Sabbaghian, M ^a   Hoseinifar, H ^a   Akhound, M R ^b   Zari Moradi, Sh ^a   Haratian, K ^c   Sadighi Gilani, M A ^a   Gourabi, H ^a   Mohseni Meybodi, A ^a  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^c ALBORZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Polymorphism; USP26

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; PROTEINASE; TESTOSTERONE; UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PROTEASE 26; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT PREGNANCY LOSS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA EXTRACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

MAMMALIA;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; IRAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERTOLI CELL-ONLY SYNDROME;

EID: 84881185057     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-0027-9     Document Type: Article

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