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Alu sequence variants of the BPY2 gene in proven fertile and infertile men with Sertoli cell-only phenotype.
International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association - 1 May 2007
Choi Jin, Koh Eitetsu, Suzuki Hiromi, Maeda Yuji, Yoshida Atsumi, Namiki Mikio
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OBJECTIVE: The basic protein on Y chromosome, 2 gene (BPY2) is implicated in the spermatogenic process. Three copies (paralogs) of the BPY2 sequence lie in the AZFc region, within huge palindromic repeats consisting of Alu sequences located in 5' flanking regions. Our objective was to screen the...
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