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This has defined the period in which Sry must act to between 11 and 11.5 days post coitum. The expression of Sry has also been examined in cases of sex reversal in the mouse. There is a dependence on level of expression and extent of testicular differentiation that suggests thresholds for both the amount of SRY per cell and the number of cells expressing the gene. The SRY protein interacts with DNA through an HMG box type of DNA binding domain, however at present no definite target genes have been found. 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