Morphological characteristics and initial genetic study of multiple morphological anomalies of the flagella in China

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 513-515

  Yang, Shen Min ^a   Li, Hai Bo ^b   Wang, Jia Xiong ^b   Shi, Yi Chao ^b   Cheng, Hong Bo ^b   Wang, Wei ^b   Li, Hong ^b   Hou, Jian Quan ^a   Wen, Duan Gai ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AXONEME; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; LETTER; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ABNORMALITIES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AKAP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; AKAP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE ANCHORING PROTEIN; DNAH1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

A KINASE ANCHOR PROTEINS; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CHINA; DYNEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84928987262     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.146100     Document Type: Letter

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