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MARF1 regulates essential oogenic processes in mice.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 23 Mar 2012
Su You-Qiang, Sugiura Koji, Sun Fengyun, Pendola Janice K, Cox Gregory A, Handel Mary Ann, Schimenti John C, Eppig John J
Abstract excerpt
Development of fertilization-competent oocytes depends on integrated processes controlling meiosis, cytoplasmic development, and maintenance of genomic integrity. We show that meiosis arrest female 1 (MARF1) is required for these processes in mammalian oocytes. Mutations of Marf1 cause female infertility characterized by up-regulation of a cohort of transcripts, increased retrotransposon expression, defective...
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