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Xist-deficient mice are defective in dosage compensation but not spermatogenesis.
Genes & development - 15 Jan 1997
Marahrens Y, Panning B, Dausman J, Strauss W, Jaenisch R
Abstract excerpt
The X-linked Xist gene encodes a large untranslated RNA that has been implicated in mammalian dosage compensation and in spermatogenesis. To investigate the function of the Xist gene product, we have generated male and female mice that carry a deletion in the structural gene but maintain a functional Xist promoter. Mutant males were healthy and fertile. Females that inherited the mutation from their mothers were...
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