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Dianne Laboy Cintrón1,2, Rory R Sheng1,2, Nadav Ahituv1,2

  • 1Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, 1700 4th St, Byers Hall, San Francisco, CA 94158, United States.

Human Molecular Genetics
|February 17, 2025
PubMed
Summary

Researchers identified novel regulatory elements for the oxytocin receptor (OXTR), a gene crucial for social behavior. A key enhancer, OCE7, was found active in the mouse olfactory bulb, offering new insights into OXTR gene regulation.

Keywords:
enhancergene regulationgeneticsoxytocin receptor

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