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Female sterility in mice lacking the <i>basigin</i> gene, which encodes a transmembrane glycoprotein belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily
27 Mar 1998
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Basigin (Bsg) is a transmembrane glycoprotein belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily. Bsg knock-out mice exhibit infertility of both sexes. Based on limited results, defective implantation has been considered to be the cause of the female infertility. We demonstrate here that disruption of the Bsg gene produces the failure of female reproductive processes including not only implantation but also...
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