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A new TEX11 mutation causes azoospermia and testicular meiotic arrest.
Asian journal of andrology - 1 Jan 2000
Yu Xiao-Chen, Li Meng-Jing, Cai Fei-Fei, Yang Si-Jie, Liu Hong-Bin, Zhang Hao-Bo
Abstract excerpt
There are many unknown genetic factors that lead to infertility in nonobstructive azoospermia men. Here, we performed whole-exome sequencing in blood samples obtained from 40 azoospermia patients with meiotic arrest and found a novel c.151_154del (p.D51fs) frame-shift mutation in exon 3 of the testis expressed 11 (TEX11) gene in one patient. Sanger sequencing analysis of the patient and 288 fertile men was...
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