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    Fertil Steril. 2007 Nov;88(5):1474-6. Epub 2007 May 7.

    Analyses of GDF9 mutation in 100 Chinese women with premature ovarian failure.

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    Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China.

    Abstract

    We screened growth differentiation factor 9 coding regions for mutations in a Chinese sample of 100 women with premature ovarian failure and discovered four novel single-nucleotide polymorphisms: c.436C>T (p.Arg146Cys), c.588A>C (silent), c.712A>G (p.Thr238Ala), and c.1283G>C (p.Ser428Thr). Nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphisms c.436C>T and c.1283G>C were also detected in the control population. The c.712A>G perturbation results in a missense mutation (p.Thr238Ala) and was not present in any of 96 controls. Substitution of the hydrophobic amino acid residue alanine for hydrophilic threonine may disrupt growth differentiation factor 9 function.

    PMID:
    17482612
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC2767161
    Free PMC Article

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