Two novel testis-specific long noncoding RNAs produced by 1700121C10Rik are dispensable for male fertility in mice

• Main Authors: Chaojie LI (Author), Chunling SHEN (Author), Xuan SHANG (Author), Lingyun TANG (Author), Wenfeng XIONG (Author), Haoyang GE (Author), Hongxin ZHANG (Author), Shunyuan LU (Author), Yan SHEN (Author), Jinjin WANG (Author), Jian FEI (Author), Zhugang WANG (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Society for Reproduction and Development, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Testis-specific genes are prone to affect spermatogenesis or sperm fertility, and thus may play pivotal roles in male reproduction. However, whether a gene really affects male reproduction in vivo needs to be confirmed using a gene knock-out (KO) model, a 'gold standard' method. Increasing...