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Update--steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1, NR5A1).
Minerva endocrinologica - 1 Jun 2010
Köhler B, Achermann J C
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Steroidogenic factor 1 (SF1, NR5A1, Ad4BP) is a nuclear receptor and regulator of multiple genes involved in adrenal and gonadal development, steroidogenesis, and the reproductive axis. Complete deletion of Nr5a1 in XY mice results in adrenal and gonadal agenesis, female external genitalia and presence of Müllerian structures. These findings were first reported in the early 1990s. Subsequently, NR5A1 mutations...
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