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Sequence variation in the human transcription factor gene POU5F1.
BMC genetics - 6 Feb 2008
Hussain Shehnaz K, Sequerra Reynaldo, Bertucci Caterina, Hastings Noel C, Rieder Mark, Schwartz Stephen M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: POU5F1 expression is required to maintain stem cell pluripotency and for primordial germ cells to retain proliferative capability in embryonic development. Recent evidence suggests that POU5F1 may also be a testicular germ cell carcinoma (TGCC) oncogene, and POU5F1 variation may influence TGCC risk. As an important first step to a genetic association study, we sought to identify all common sequence...
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