Baba K, Iwamoto T, Nakagome Y, Kuroki Y, Nakahori Y, Yajima M, Tanaka H, Osada T
Department of Urology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
Int J Urol. 1998 Sep;5(5):507-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1998.tb00403.x.
We analyzed DNA from a patient with azoospermia whose Y chromosome was cytogenetically normal. A total of 16 loci on the Y chromosome long arm were examined: 15 loci between DYS7E and DYZ1, and the Y chromosome RNA recognition motif (YRRM1) locus, a candidate gene for the azoospermic factor AZF. We did not detect the YRRM1 gene in this patient. This finding supports the theory that YRRM1 is an essential gene for spermatogenesis.