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Divergent functions of the proneural genes Mash1 and Ngn2 in the specification of neuronal subtype identity.
Genes & development - 1 Feb 2002
Parras Carlos M, Schuurmans Carol, Scardigli Raffaella, Kim Jaesang, Anderson David J, Guillemot François
Abstract excerpt
The neural bHLH genes Mash1 and Ngn2 are expressed in complementary populations of neural progenitors in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Here, we have systematically compared the activities of the two genes during neural development by generating replacement mutations in mice in which the coding sequences of Mash1 and Ngn2 were swapped. Using this approach, we demonstrate that Mash1 has the capacity...
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