The first analysis of exon 1 (the transactivation domain) of the androgen receptor gene in infertile men with oligospermia or azoospermia.

doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57070-8

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The first analysis of exon 1 (the transactivation domain) of the androgen receptor gene in infertile men with oligospermia or azoospermia.

Fertility and sterility - 1 Nov 1994

Puscheck E E, Behzadian M A, McDonough P G

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OBJECTIVE: To examine the role of the androgen receptor (AR) gene in spermatogenesis by evaluating infertile men with idiopathic oligospermia or azoospermia, with special emphasis on the transactivation domain (exon 1) of AR gene because it has not been studied in this population previously. STUD...

Topics

DNA
DNA Mutational Analysis
Exons
Humans
Infertility, Male
Male
Mutation
Oligospermia
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Receptors, Androgen
Transcriptional Activation

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