Variant PNLDC1, Defective piRNA Processing, and Azoospermia.
Nagirnaja L, Mørup N, Nielsen JE, Stakaitis R, Golubickaite I, Oud MS, Winge SB, Carvalho F, Aston KI, Khani F, van der Heijden GW, Marques CJ, Skakkebaek NE, Rajpert-De Meyts E, Schlegel PN, Jørgensen N, Veltman JA, Lopes AM, Conrad DF, Almstrup K.
Nagirnaja L, et al.
N Engl J Med. 2021 Aug 19;385(8):707-719. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2028973. Epub 2021 Aug 4.
N Engl J Med. 2021.
PMID: 34347949
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Critical to the processing of piRNAs is the protein poly(A)-specific RNase-like domain containing 1 (PNLDC1), which trims their 3' ends and, when disrupted in mice, causes azoospermia and male infertility. ...Furthermore, the length distribution of piRNAs and the number of …
Critical to the processing of piRNAs is the protein poly(A)-specific RNase-like domain containing 1 (PNLDC1), which trims their 3' en …