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DNA rearrangements located over 100 kb 5' of the Steel (Sl)-coding region in Steel-panda and Steel-contrasted mice deregulate Sl expression and cause female sterility by disrupting ovarian follicle development.
Genes & development - 15 Feb 1995
Bedell M A, Brannan C I, Evans E P, Copeland N G, Jenkins N A, Donovan P J
Abstract excerpt
The Steel (Sl) locus is essential for the development of germ cells, hematopoietic cells, and melanocytes and encodes a growth factor (Mgf) that is the ligand for c-kit, a receptor tyrosine kinase encoded by the W locus. We have identified the molecular and germ cell defects in two mutant Sl alleles, Steel-panda (Slpan) and Steel-contrasted (Slcon), that cause sterility only in females. Unexpectedly, both mutant...
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