Variant PNLDC1, Defective piRNA Processing, and Azoospermia
遗传学
生物
男性不育
基因
基因组
不育
作者
Liina Nagirnaja,Nina Mørup,John E. Nielsen,Rytis Stakaitis,Ieva Golubickaite,Manon S. Oud,Sofia B. Winge,Filipa Carvalho,Kenneth I. Aston,Francesca Khani,Godfried W. van der Heijden,C. Joana Marques,Niels E. Skakkebæk,Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts,Peter N. Schlegel,Niels Jørgensen,Joris A. Veltman,Alexandra M. Lopes,Donald F. Conrad,Kristian Almstrup
Abstract Background P-element–induced wimpy testis (PIWI)–interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are short (21 to 35 nucleotides in length) and noncoding and are found almost exclusively in germ cells, where th...