Testis development in the absence of SRY: Chromosomal rearrangements at SOX9 and SOX3

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1025-1032

  Vetro, Annalisa ^a   Dehghani, Mohammad Reza ^b,c   Kraoua, Lilia ^d   Giorda, Roberto ^e   Beri, Silvana ^e   Cardarelli, Laura ^f   Merico, Maurizio ^g   Manolakos, Emmanouil ^h   Parada Bustamante, Alexis ⁱ   Castro, Andrea ⁱ   Radi, Orietta ^b   Camerino, Giovanna ^b   Brusco, Alfredo ^j   Sabaghian, Marjan ^k   Sofocleous, Crystalena ^l   Forzano, Francesca ^m   Palumbo, Pietro ⁿ   Palumbo, Orazio ⁿ   Calvano, Savino ⁿ   Zelante, Leopoldo ⁿ   Grammatico, Paola ^o   Giglio, Sabrina ^p   Basly, Mohamed ^q   Chaabouni, Myriam ^d   Carella, Massimo ⁿ   Russo, Gianni ^r   Bonaglia, Maria Clara ^e   Zuffardi, Orsetta ^b   more..

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^e SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f Laboratorio Analisi CITOTEST   (Italy)

^g San Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

^h Eurogenetica SA   (Greece)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^k ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^l Agia Sofia Hospital   (Greece)

^m GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁿ CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^o SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^q MILITARY HOSPITAL OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^r SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; SOX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SOX3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SOX9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CYTOGENETICS; DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FATHER; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SRY GENE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; XX MALE; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; FEMALE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME;

46, XX DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOME BREAKPOINTS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TESTIS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84937526184     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.237     Document Type: Article

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