Role of 677C→T polymorphism a single substitution in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene in North Indian infertile men

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 573-579

  Naqvi, Hena ^a,b   Hussain, Syed Rizwan ^a   Ahmad, Mohammad Kaleem ^a   Mahdi, Farzana ^b   Jaiswar, Shyam Pyari ^a   Shankhwar, Satya Narayain ^a   Mahdi, Abbas Ali ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

C677T; Male infertility; MTHFR; Necrozoospermia; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MICE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84899450552     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-013-2894-7     Document Type: Article

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