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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Agnes Viale
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-1399 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Costoya José A JA Hobbs Robin M RM Barna Maria M Cattoretti Giorgio G Manova Katia K Sukhwani Meena M Orwig Kyle E KE Wolgemuth Debra J DJ Pandolfi Pier Paolo PP
Nature genetics 20040523 6
Little is known of the molecular mechanisms whereby spermatogonia, mitotic germ cells of the testis, self-renew and differentiate into sperm. Here we show that Zfp145, encoding the transcriptional repressor Plzf, has a crucial role in spermatogenesis. Zfp145 expression was restricted to gonocytes and undifferentiated spermatogonia and was absent in tubules of W/W(v) mutants that lack these cells. Mice lacking Zfp145 underwent a progressive loss of spermatogonia with age, associated with increase ...[more]