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Mutations in the follicle-stimulating hormone-beta (FSH beta) and FSH receptor genes in mice and humans.
Seminars in reproductive medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Layman L C
Abstract excerpt
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), a dimeric glycoprotein synthesized in the anterior pituitary gland, is important for the production of sex steroids and gametes. FSH-beta (FSH beta) and FSH receptor (FSHR) knockout mice display impaired ovarian follicular development and infertility in females and small testes, oligospermia, and fertility in males. Humans with FSH beta gene mutations tend to have a more severe...
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