Loss-of-function mutations in QRICH2 cause male infertility with multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella.
Shen Y, Zhang F, Li F, Jiang X, Yang Y, Li X, Li W, Wang X, Cheng J, Liu M, Zhang X, Yuan G, Pei X, Cai K, Hu F, Sun J, Yan L, Tang L, Jiang C, Tu W, Xu J, Wu H, Kong W, Li S, Wang K, Sheng K, Zhao X, Yue H, Yang X, Xu W.
Shen Y, et al.
Nat Commun. 2019 Jan 25;10(1):433. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08182-x.
Nat Commun. 2019.
PMID: 30683861
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Remarkably, Qrich2 knock-out (KO) male mice constructed by CRISPR-Cas9 technology present MMAF phenotypes and sterility. ...Our findings strongly suggest that the genetic mutations of human QRICH2 can lead to male infertility with MMAF and that QRICH2 is esse …
Remarkably, Qrich2 knock-out (KO) male mice constructed by CRISPR-Cas9 technology present MMAF phenotypes and sterility. ...Our findi …