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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Aleksandar Rajkovic
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-21525 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Developmental biology 20060329 1
Spermatogonia are adult germline stem cells that can both self-renew and differentiate into spermatocytes. Little is known about factors necessary for spermatogonial differentiation. We identified a novel germ-cell-specific transcription factor that we named Sohlh1 (testis and ovary expressed basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor). In males, Sohlh1 is preferentially expressed in prespermatogonia and Type A spermatogonia. Loss of Sohlh1 causes infertility by disrupting spermatogonial ...[more]