Dax1 is required for testis determination
- 7 April 2003
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Genetics
- Vol. 34 (1), 32-33
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1141
Abstract
The orphan nuclear receptor, Dax1, was originally proposed to act as an 'anti-testis' factor. We find, however, that Nr0b1 (also called Dax1 and Ahch, which encodes Dax1) is in fact required for testis differentiation.Keywords
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