C2 oxidative photosynthetic carbon cycle is essential for land plants for retrieving the carbon atoms of 2-phosphoglycolate.

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SRY is a DNA-binding regulatory Protein, bends the DNA & acts as a transcription factor that initiates transcription of a cascade of genes necessary for testicular differentiation

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When the embryo has functional testes, Leydig cells of the fetal testis secrete testosterone, and the Sertoli cells secrete MIS (MRF)

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MIS is a 536-amino-acid homodimer a member of the TGF-β superfamily

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MIS causes regression of the müllerian ducts

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The walls of the seminiferous tubules are lined by primitive germ cells and Sertoli cells, large, complex glycogen- containing cells that stretch from the basal lamina of the tubule to the lumen

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Tight junctions between adjacent Sertoli cells near the basal lamina form a blood–testis barrier