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Missense Mutations Cluster within the Carboxyl-Terminal Region of DAX-1 and Impair Transcriptional Repression<sup>1</sup>
1 Jul 2001
Abstract excerpt
DAX-1 is an orphan nuclear receptor that plays a key role in the development and function of the adrenal gland and hypothalamic-pituitary gonadal axis. Mutations in the gene encoding DAX-1 result in X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC). Affected boys typically present with primary adrenal failure in infancy or childhood and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism at the time of puberty. The majority of DAX1...
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