Reth M
Department of Molecular Immunology, Max-Planck Institut für Immunbiologie, Freiburg, Germany.
Curr Biol. 1995 Jan 1;5(1):18-20. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(95)00006-6.
Hairless nude mice are immunodeficient because they lack a thymus. The nude gene has now been identified; it encodes a winged-helix transcription factor that is expressed specifically in skin and thymus.