T26248G-transversion mutation in exon7 of the putative methyltransferase Nsun7 gene causes a change in protein folding associated with reduced sperm motility in asthenospermic men

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 471-480

  Khosronezhad, Nahid ^a   Colagar, Abasalt Hosseinzadeh ^a   Jorsarayi, Syed Golam Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

^b BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

male infertility

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; SERINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EXON; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NOP2 SUN DOMAIN FAMILY MEMBER 7 GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSVERSION MUTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

MUS;

ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; EXONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 84924813188     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD13371     Document Type: Article

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