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Normal fertility in male mice with deletion of β‐catenin gene in germ cells
20 Jan 2014
Abstract excerpt
As a dual function protein, β-catenin affects both cell adhesion and mediates canonical Wnt/β-catenin cell signaling. β-Catenin is prominently expressed in somatic Sertoli cells in the testis and postmeiotic germ cells, suggesting an additional role in spermatogenesis. It was reported previously that Cre/loxP-mediated conditional inactivation of the β-catenin gene (Ctnnb1) in male gonads using a protamine...
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