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NeuroD: the predicted and the surprising.
Molecules and cells - 31 Dec 2004
Chae Ji Hyung, Stein Gretchen H, Lee Jacqueline E
Abstract excerpt
NeuroD (otherwise known as BETA2) is a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor that is capable of converting embryonic epidermal cells into fully differentiated neurons in Xenopus embryos. In insulinoma cells, NeuroD can bind and activate the insulin promoter. When NeuroD is deleted in mice, the early differentiating pancreatic endocrine cells and a subset of the neurons in the central and peripheral...
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