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The complex tale of the achaete-scute complex: a paradigmatic case in the analysis of gene organization and function during development.

Genetics - 1 Jul 2009

García-Bellido Antonio, de Celis Jose F

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The achaete-scute gene complex (AS-C) contains four genes encoding transcription factors of the bHLH family, achaete, scute, lethal of scute, and asense located in 40 kb of DNA containing multiple cis-regulatory position-specific enhancers. These genes play a key role in the commitment of epidermal cells toward a neural fate, promoting the formation of both sensory organs in the peripheral nervous system...

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PMID: 19622761
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.109.104083
PMCID: PMC2710146

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