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Gonadal sex reversal in mutant Dax1 XY mice: a failure to upregulate Sox9 in pre-Sertoli cells.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jul 2005
Bouma Gerrit J, Albrecht Kenneth H, Washburn Linda L, Recknagel Andrew K, Churchill Gary A, Eicher Eva M
Abstract excerpt
The nuclear receptor transcription factor Dax1 is hypothesized to play a role in testicular development, although the mechanism of its action is unknown. Here, we present evidence that Dax1 plays an early essential role in fetal testis development. We hypothesize that upregulation of Sox9 expression in precursor somatic cells, a process required for their differentiation as Sertoli cells, depends on the...
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