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Analysis of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B mutation in Han Chinese women with premature ovarian failure.
Reproductive biomedicine online - 1 Aug 2010
Wang Binbin, Ni Feng, Li Lin, Wei Zhaolian, Zhu Xianglong, Wang Jing, Cao Yunxia, Ma Xu
Abstract excerpt
The gene for cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B (CDKN1B; also known as P27(KIP1) and P27) encodes a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor and controls ovarian development in mice. In p27-deficient (p27(-/-)) mice, the overactivated follicular pool in ovaries was largely depleted, causing premature ovarian failure. The goal of this research was to investigate whether there are nucleotide changes in the CDKN1B gene...
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