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Role of HP1β during spermatogenesis and DNA replication.
Chromosoma - 1 Dec 2020
Charaka Vijay, Tiwari Anjana, Pandita Raj K, Hunt Clayton R, Pandita Tej K
Abstract excerpt
Heterochromatin protein 1β (HP1β), encoded by the Cbx1 gene, has been functionally linked to chromatin condensation, transcriptional regulation, and DNA damage repair. Here we report that testis-specific Cbx1 conditional knockout (Cbx1 cKO) impairs male germ cell development in mice. Depletion of HP1β negatively affected sperm maturation and increased seminiferous tubule degeneration in Cbx1 cKO mice. In...
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