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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-24
pubmed:abstractText
The human DAZ (Deleted in AZoospermia) gene family contains a cluster of DAZ genes on the Y chromosome and a single autosomal homologue, DAZL1 (DAZ-Like) that maps to chromosome 3p24. Although the role of the Y chromosome gene family in determining fertility and the expression of the gene family has been well explored in men, little is known of the role of the DAZL1 gene in determining the fertility of women. In mice, loss of function of the homologue of DAZL1 results in the loss of male and female germ cells. In mice, Dazl1 protein is localized to prenatal and postnatal follicles. Here we demonstrate using two antisera that recognize human DAZL1 that the protein is expressed embryonically in germ cells of girls and in mature oocytes. This pattern of expression suggests that the DAZL1 gene is a candidate fertility factor in women and that it would be appropriate to search for mutations in the DAZL1 gene in peripheral blood DNA from women with primary amenorrhoea or premature ovarian failure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0268-1161
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2531-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Fertility, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Genetic Code, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Oligospermia, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Ovum, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-RNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10527983-Spermatozoa
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Human DAZL1 encodes a candidate fertility factor in women that localizes to the prenatal and postnatal germ cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't