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A transcriptional silencing domain in DAX-1 whose mutation causes adrenal hypoplasia congenita.
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Dec 1997
Lalli E, Bardoni B, Zazopoulos E, Wurtz J M, Strom T M, Moras D, Sassone-Corsi P
Abstract excerpt
The DAX-1 gene encodes an unusual member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily. Mutations in the human DAX-1 gene cause X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita associated with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. We have shown that DAX-1 binds to hairpin secondary structures and blocks steroidogene...
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