Caenorhabditis elegans homologue of the human azoospermia factor DAZ is required for oogenesis but not for spermatogenesis

T Karashima, A Sugimoto, M Yamamoto - Development, 2000 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT DAZ (Deleted in Azoospermia), the putative azoospermia factor gene in human,
encodes a ribonucleoprotein-type RNA-binding protein required for spermatogenesis. A …

A gene family required for human germ cell development evolved from an ancient meiotic gene conserved in metazoans

EY Xu, FL Moore, RAR Pera - Proceedings of the National …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
The Deleted in AZoospermia (DAZ) genes encode potential RNA-binding proteins that are
expressed exclusively in prenatal and postnatal germ cells and are strong candidates for …

TheDazhGene Is Expressed in Male and Female Embryonic Gonads before Germ Cell Sex Differentiation

J Seligman, DC Page - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 1998 - Elsevier
The autosomal homologs of the human Y-chromosomal DAZ gene (DAZH and Dazh in
human and mouse, respectively) are strong candidate for Azoospermia factor and encode a …

Identification of two novel proteins that interact with germ-cell-specific RNA-binding proteins DAZ and DAZL1

S Tsui, T Dai, S Roettger, W Schempp, EC Salido… - Genomics, 2000 - Elsevier
The human DAZ (deleted in azoospermia) gene family on the Y chromosome and an
autosomal DAZ-like gene, DAZL1, encode RNA-binding proteins that are expressed …

Gene sequence, localization, and evolutionary conservation ofDAZLA, a candidate male sterility gene

E Seboun, S Barbaux, T Bourgeron, S Nishi, A Algonik… - Genomics, 1997 - Elsevier
We have isolated the human homologue of the mouse germ cell-specific transcriptTpx2,
which we had previously mapped to mouse chromosome 17. Sequence analysis shows that …

Identification of target messenger RNA substrates for the murine deleted in azoospermia-like RNA-binding protein

X Jiao, P Trifillis, M Kiledjian - Biology of reproduction, 2002 - academic.oup.com
The murine autosomal deleted in azoospermia-like protein (mDAZL) is a germ cell-restricted
RNA-binding protein essential for sperm production. Homozygous disruption of the mDAZL …

Mouse autosomal homolog ofDAZ, a candidate male sterility gene in humans, is expressed in male germ cells before and after puberty

R Reijo, J Seligman, MB Dinulos, T Jaffe, LG Brown… - Genomics, 1996 - Elsevier
Deletion of theAzoospermia Factor (AZF) region of the human Y chromosome results in
spermatogenic failure. While the identity of the critical missing gene has yet to be …

Human DAZL1 encodes a candidate fertility factor in women that localizes to the prenatal and postnatal germ cells

D M. Dorfman, D R. Genest, RAR Pera - Human reproduction, 1999 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Biphasic Subcellular Localization of the DAZL-Related Protein Boule inDrosophilaSpermatogenesis

MH Cheng, JZ Maines, SA Wasserman - Developmental biology, 1998 - Elsevier
TheDrosophila boulegene is expressed exclusively in the male germline and encodes an
RNA binding protein closely related to the mammalian fertility factors encoded by theDAZ …

Association of the mouse infertility factor DAZL1 with actively translating polyribosomes

S Tsui, T Dai, ST Warren, EC Salido… - Biology of …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The DAZ (Deleted in AZoospermia) gene family was isolated from a region of the
human Y chromosome long arm that is deleted in about 10% of infertile men with idiopathic …