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c-myc and N-myc promote active stem cell metabolism and cycling as architects of the developing brain.
Oncotarget - 1 Jun 2010
Wey Alice, Knoepfler Paul S
Abstract excerpt
myc genes are associated with a wide variety of human cancers including most types of nervous system tumors. While the mechanisms by which myc overexpression causes tumorigenesis are multifaceted and have yet to be clearly elucidated, they are at least in part related to endogenous myc function in normal cells. Knockout (KO) of either c-myc or N-myc genes in neural stem and precursor cells (NSC) driven by...
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