BCAS2 is involved in alternative mRNA splicing in spermatogonia and the transition to meiosis

Breast cancer amplified sequence 2 (BCAS2) is involved in pre-mRNA splicing but its physiological role is unclear. Here, the authors find BCAS2 enriched in mice spermatogonia in the testes, and BCAS2 deletion in germ cells alters alternative splicing of spermatogenesis-related genes, causing male in...

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Main Authors: Wenbo Liu, Fengchao Wang, Qianhua Xu, Junchao Shi, Xiaoxin Zhang, Xukun Lu, Zhen-Ao Zhao, Zheng Gao, Huaixiao Ma, Enkui Duan, Fei Gao, Shaorong Gao, Zhaohong Yi, Lei Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14182