A Nonsense Mutation in TMEM95 Encoding a Nondescript Transmembrane Protein Causes Idiopathic Male Subfertility in Cattle

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pausch, Hubert ^a   Kölle, Sabine ^b,e   Wurmser, Christine ^a   Schwarzenbacher, Hermann ^c   Emmerling, Reiner ^d   Jansen, Sandra ^a   Trottmann, Matthias ^b   Fuerst, Christian ^c   Götz, Kay Uwe ^d   Fries, Ruedi ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c ZucbtData EDV Dienstleistungen GmbH   (Austria)

^d Institut fuer Tierzucht   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CODON, NONSENSE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84893749719     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004044     Document Type: Article

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