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Nephropathy and defective spermatogenesis in mice transgenic for a single isoform of the Wilms' tumour suppressor protein, WT1-KTS, together with one disrupted Wt1 allele.
Molecular reproduction and development - 1 Mar 2007
Lahiri Diya, Dutton James R, Duarte Antonio, Moorwood Kim, Graham Christopher F, Ward Andrew
Abstract excerpt
The Wilms' tumour suppressor protein, WT1, is a zinc finger protein essential for the development of several organs, including the kidney and gonads. In each of these tissues WT1 is required at multiple stages of development and its persistent expression in podocytes and Sertoli cells suggests WT1 may also have a role in the maintenance of kidney and testis function throughout adult life. Naturally occurring...
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