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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Main Authors: Emad Babakhanzadeh, Ali Khodadadian, Saadi Rostami, Iraj Alipourfard, Mohsen Aghaei, Majid Nazari, Mehdi Hosseinnia, Mohammad Yahya Vahidi Mehrjardi, Yalda Jamshidi, Nasrin Ghasemi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Genetics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12881-020-0970-0