Testicular expression of TDRD1, TDRD5, TDRD9 and TDRD12 in azoospermia
Abstract Background Tudor domain-containing proteins (TDRDs) play a critical role in piRNA biogenesis and germ cell development. piRNAs, small regulatory RNAs, act by silencing of transposons during germline development and it has recently been shown in animal model studies that defects in TDRD gene...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-02-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Genetics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12881-020-0970-0 |