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Normal prenatal but arrested postnatal sexual development of luteinizing hormone receptor knockout (LuRKO) mice.
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jan 2001
Zhang F P, Poutanen M, Wilbertz J, Huhtaniemi I
Abstract excerpt
To study further the role of gonadotropins in reproductive functions, we generated mice with LH receptor (LHR) knockout (LuRKO) by inactivating, through homologous recombination, exon 11 on the LHR gene. LuRKO males and females were born phenotypically normal, with testes, ovaries, and genital structures indistinguishable from their wild-type (WT) littermates. Postnatally, testicular growth and descent, and...
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