Deficiency of X-linked TENT5D causes male infertility by disrupting the mRNA stability during spermatogenesis.
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SUBMITTER: Cong J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8901658 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar
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Deficiency of X-linked TENT5D causes male infertility by disrupting the mRNA stability during spermatogenesis.
Cong Jiangshan J Yang Yihong Y Wang Xin X Shen Ying Y Qi Hui-Tao HT Liu Chunyu C Tang Shuyan S Wu Sixian S Tian Shixiong S Zhou Yiling Y He Xiaojin X Wang Lingbo L Liu Mo-Fang MF Zhang Feng F
Cell discovery 20220308 1
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