An osteocalcin-deficient mouse strain without endocrine abnormalities.

Osteocalcin (OCN), the most abundant noncollagenous protein in the bone matrix, is reported to be a bone-derived endocrine hormone with wide-ranging effects on many aspects of physiology, including glucose metabolism and male fertility. Many of these observations were made using an OCN-deficient mou...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cassandra R Diegel, Steven Hann, Ugur M Ayturk, Jennifer C W Hu, Kyung-Eun Lim, Casey J Droscha, Zachary B Madaj, Gabrielle E Foxa, Isaac Izaguirre, Vai Vivarium And Transgenics Core, Noorulain Paracha, Bohdan Pidhaynyy, Terry L Dowd, Alexander G Robling, Matthew L Warman, Bart O Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-05-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008361