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15th European Congress of Endocrinology

Plenary Lectures

New genes and functions in reproduction

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New genes and functions in reproduction

Matzuk Martin M

For almost three decades, my group and I have been studying the functions of known proteins and deciphering the roles of novel genes and small RNAs expressed within the reproductive axis. Many of these studies have focused on the glycoprotein hormones as well as members of the transforming growth factor β superfamily. We have also used multiple strategies to identify unique germ-cell expressed genes and probed their essential roles in knockout mouse models. These studies ...