Dax1 is required for testis determination

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作者
Meeks, JJ [1 ]
Weiss, J [1 ]
Jameson, JL [1 ]
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[1] Northwestern Univ, Dept Med, Div Endocrinol, Feinberg Sch Med, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
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美国国家卫生研究院;
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10.1038/ng1141
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The orphan nuclear receptor, Dax1, was originally proposed to act as an 'anti-testis' factor. We find, however, that Nr0b1 (also called Dax1 and Ahch, which encodes Dax1) is in fact required for testis differentiation.
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