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Identification and rescue of a novel TUBB8 mutation that causes the first mitotic division defects and infertility.
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics - 1 Nov 2020
Jia Yanping, Li Kunming, Zheng Caihong, Tang Yuanyuan, Bai Dandan, Yin Jiqing, Chi Fengli, Zhang Yalin, Li Yanhe, Tu Zhifen, Wang Yu, Pan Jiaping, Liang Shanshan, Guo Yi, Ruan Jingling, Kong Pengcheng, Wu Bi, Hu Ye, Wang Hong, Liu Wenqiang, Teng Xiaoming, Gao Shaorong
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Tubulin beta eight class VIII (TUBB8) is essential for oogenesis, fertilization, and pre-implantation embryo development in human. Although TUBB8 mutations were recently discovered in meiosis-arrested oocytes of infertile females, there is no effective therapy for this gene mutation caused infertility. Our study aims to further reveal the infertility-causing gene mutations in the patient's family and to...
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