A gene from the human sex-determining region encodes a protein with homology to a conserved DNA-binding motif

@article{Sinclair1990AGF,
  title={A gene from the human sex-determining region encodes a protein with homology to a conserved DNA-binding motif},
  author={Andrew H. Sinclair and Philippe Berta and Mark S. Palmer and J. Ross Hawkins and Beatrice L. Griffiths and Matthijs J. Smith and Jamie W. Foster and A. -M. Frischauf and Robin Lovell-Badge and Peter N. Goodfellow},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1990},
  volume={346},
  pages={240-244}
}
A search of a 35-kilobase region of the human Y chromosome necessary for male sex determination has resulted in the identification of a new gene. This gene is conserved and Y-specific among a wide range of mammals, and encodes a testis-specific transcript. It shares homology with the mating-type protein, Mc, from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe and a conserved DNA-binding motif present in the nuclear high-mobility-group proteins HMG1 and HMG2. This gene has been termed SRY (for sex… 
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