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PEG10 viral aspartic protease domain is essential for the maintenance of fetal capillary structure in the mouse placenta
24 Sept 2021
Abstract excerpt
The therian-specific gene paternally expressed 10 (Peg10) plays an essential role in placenta formation: Peg10 knockout mice exhibit early embryonic lethality as a result of severe placental defects. The PEG10 protein exhibits homology with long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposon GAG and POL proteins; therefore, we generated mice harboring a mutation in the highly conserved viral aspartic protease motif in the...
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