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Single-nucleotide polymorphisms and mutation analyses of the TNP1 and TNP2 genes of fertile and infertile human male populations.
Journal of andrology - 1 Jan 2000
Miyagawa Yasushi, Nishimura Hiromi, Tsujimura Akira, Matsuoka Yasuhiro, Matsumiya Kiyomi, Okuyama Akihiko, Nishimune Yoshitake, Tanaka Hiromitsu
Abstract excerpt
Previously, we examined the relationship between protamine gene variations and human male infertility. In this study, we show specific variability in the transition nuclear protein genes (TNPs) of sterile male patients. Transition nuclear proteins (TPs) are major nuclear proteins that replace nuclear histones, leading to eventual substitution by protamines during human spermiogenesis. Analysis of the human TNP1...
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