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Cyclin A1 is required for meiosis in the male mouse.
Nature genetics - 1 Dec 1998
Liu D, Matzuk M M, Sung W K, Guo Q, Wang P, Wolgemuth D J
Abstract excerpt
The mammalian A-type cyclin family consists of two members, cyclin A1 (encoded by Ccna1) and cyclin A2 (encoded by Ccna2). Cyclin A2 promotes both G1/S and G2/M transitions, and targeted deletion of Ccna2 in mouse is embryonic lethal3. Cyclin A1 is expressed in mice exclusively in the germ cell lineage and is expressed in humans at highest levels in the testis and certain myeloid leukaemia cells. To investigate...
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