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Idiopathic weight reduction in mice deficient in the high-mobility-group transcription factor Sox8.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Oct 2001
Sock E, Schmidt K, Hermanns-Borgmeyer I, Bösl M R, Wegner M
Abstract excerpt
Sox8, Sox9, and Sox10 constitute subgroup E within the Sox family of transcription factors. Many Sox proteins are essential regulators of development. Sox9, for instance, is required for chondrogenesis and male sex determination; Sox10 plays key roles in neural crest development and peripheral gliogenesis. The function of Sox8 has not been studied so far. Here, we generated mice deficient in this third member of...
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