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Normal phenotype in conditional androgen receptor (AR) exon 3-floxed neomycin-negative male mice.
Endocrine research - 1 Jan 2014
Rana Kesha, Clarke Michele V, Zajac Jeffrey D, Davey Rachel A, MacLean Helen E
Abstract excerpt
Androgens (testosterone and dihydrotestosterone) acting via the androgen receptor (AR) are required for male sexual differentiation, and also regulate the development of many other tissues including muscle, fat and bone. We previously generated an AR(lox) mouse line with exon 3 of the AR gene targeted by loxP sites. The deletion of exon 3 is in-frame, so only the DNA binding-dependent actions of the AR are...
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