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Polymorphisms of the human PUMILIO2 gene and male sterility.
Molecular reproduction and development - 1 Jun 2007
Kusz K, Ginter-Matuszewska B, Ziolkowska K, Spik A, Bierla J, Jedrzejczak P, Latos-Bielenska A, Pawelczyk L, Jaruzelska J
Abstract excerpt
The highly conserved Pumilio protein plays crucial roles in fertility of many organisms acting as a repressor of translation, and causing infertility when mutated. Although one of two human Pumilio homologs, PUMILIO2 is expressed mainly in the germ line, its role in mammalian germ cell development has not been reported yet. To shed light on the role of PUMILIO2 in development of the human male germ line, we...
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