Spermatogenic failure and the Y chromosome

Human Genetics

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 637-655

  Krausz, C ^a   Casamonti, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KDM5D PROTEIN; RBMY1 PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RPS4Y2 PROTEIN; TGIFLY PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZFY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; AZFA REGION; AZFB REGION; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE SPECIFIC Y REGION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOAUTOSOMAL REGION; REVIEW; RNA-BINDING DOMAIN; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENETICS; MALE;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 85018229441     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-017-1793-8     Document Type: Review

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