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Functional characterization of a new human Ad4BP/SF-1 variation, G146A.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 28 Nov 2003
WuQiang Fan, Yanase Toshihiko, Wei Liu, Oba Koichi, Nomura Masatoshi, Okabe Taijiro, Goto Kiminobu, Nawata Hajime
Abstract excerpt
Ad4BP/SF-1 plays key roles at all levels of the hypothalamic-pituitary-steroidogenic organ axis and its functional disruption causes endocrine disorders of these organs. However, only three human subjects with Ad4BP/SF-1 mutations have been reported to date, suggesting limited clinical significance as a cause of inborn adrenal or sexual abnormalities. We report the first functional characterization of a new...
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