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Transabdominal testicular descent is disrupted in mice with deletion of insulinlike factor 3 receptor.
Journal of pediatric surgery - 1 Dec 2003
Tomiyama Hideki, Hutson John M, Truong Anne, Agoulnik Alexander I
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Several factors are implicated in transabdominal testicular descent, including insulinlike factor 3 (INSL3) hormone and Müllerian-inhibiting substance (MIS). A transgene insertional mutation found on chromosome 5 in the mouse, known as crsp, causes deletion of a transmembrane G protein-coupled receptor gene, Great, which is highly expressed in the gubernaculum. The authors describe here a detailed...
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