The mammalian-specific Tex19.1 gene plays an essential role in spermatogenesis and placenta-supported development

Yara Tarabay1,†, Emmanuelle Kieffer1,2,†, Marius Teletin1,2, Catherine Celebi1,2, Aafke Van Montfoort3, Natasha Zamudio4, Mayada Achour1, Rosy El Ramy1, Emese Gazdag1,5, Philippe Tropel1, Manuel Mark1,2, Deborah Bourc’his4, and Stephane Viville1,6,* Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Institut National de Sante et de Recherche Medicale (INSERM) U964/ Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 1704/Universite de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France Service de Biologie de la Reproduction, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 67000 Strasbourg, France Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, GROW – School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands Unite de genetique et biologie du developpement, UMR 3215-Inserm U934, Institut Curie, 26, rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris, France Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Nijmegen Centre of Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, F-67000 Strasbourg, France