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A naturally occurring deletion in the SRY promoter region affecting the Sp1 binding site is associated with sex reversal.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 Jan 2000
Assumpção J G, Ferraz L F Caldas, Benedetti C E, Maciel-Guerra A T, Guerra G, Marques-de-Faria A P, Baptista M T Matias, de Mello M P
Abstract excerpt
Male to female sex reversal results from failure of testis development. Mutations in the SRY gene or in other genes involved in the sexual differentiation pathway are considered to cause XY gonadal dysgenesis. The majority of the mutations in the SRY described so far are located within the SRY coding region, mainly in the HMG-box conserved domain. Comparison of 5' flanking SRY gene sequences among different...
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