STAG3 is a strong candidate gene for male infertility

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3421-3431

  Llano, Elena ^a   Gomez H, Laura ^c   García Tuñón, Ignacio ^c   Sánchez Martín, Manuel ^b   Caburet, Sandrine ^d,e   Barbero, Jose Luis ^f   Schimenti, John C ^g   Veitia, Reiner A ^d,e   Pendas, Alberto M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^g Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN STAG3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DMC1H PROTEIN, MOUSE; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN; STAG3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GAMETOGENESIS; HOMOZYGOTE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SISTER CHROMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

EID: 84901780285     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu051     Document Type: Article

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