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Minichromosome maintenance complex component 8 (MCM8) gene mutations result in primary gonadal failure.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jun 2015
Tenenbaum-Rakover Yardena, Weinberg-Shukron Ariella, Renbaum Paul, Lobel Orit, Eideh Hasan, Gulsuner Suleyman, Dahary Dvir, Abu-Rayyan Amal, Kanaan Moien, Levy-Lahad Ephrat, Bercovich Dani, Zangen David
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Primary gonadal failure is characterised by primary amenorrhoea or early menopause in females, and oligospermia or azoospermia in males. Variants of the minichromosome maintenance complex component 8 gene (MCM8) have recently been shown to be significantly associated with women's menopausal age in genome-wide association studies. Furthermore, MCM8-knockout mice are sterile. The objective of this study...
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