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NOBOX homeobox mutation causes premature ovarian failure.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Sept 2007
Qin Yingying, Choi Youngsok, Zhao Han, Simpson Joe Leigh, Chen Zi-Jiang, Rajkovic Aleksandar
Abstract excerpt
NOBOX (newborn ovary homeobox gene) is an oocyte-specific homeobox gene that plays a critical role in early folliculogenesis and represents a candidate gene for nonsyndromic ovarian failure. We investigated whether mutations in the NOBOX gene cause premature ovarian failure (POF). We sequenced the NOBOX gene in 96 white women with POF and discovered seven known single-nucleotide polymorphisms and four novel...
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