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PRM1 variant rs35576928 (Arg>Ser) is associated with defective spermatogenesis in the Chinese Han population.
Reproductive biomedicine online - 1 Dec 2012
He Xiao-Jin, Ruan Jian, Du Wei-Dong, Chen Gang, Zhou Yuan, Xu Song, Zuo Xian-Bo, Cao Yun-Xia, Zhang Xue-Jun
Abstract excerpt
Protamine genes play important roles in DNA packaging within the sperm nucleus. In order to evaluate the association of PRM1, PRM2, KIT and KITLG variants with susceptibility to severely defective spermatogenesis, 309 male infertility patients (199 cases with non-obstructive azoospermia and 110 cases with severe oligozoospermia) and 377 controls were recruited in the Chinese Han population. This study genotyped...
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