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Folic Acid Remodels Chromatin on Hes1 and Neurog2 Promoters during Caudal Neural Tube Development
11 Sept 2010
Abstract excerpt
The mechanism(s) behind folate rescue of neural tube closure are not well understood. In this study we show that maternal intake of folate prior to conception reverses the proliferation potential of neural crest stem cells in homozygous Splotch embryos (Sp(-/-)) via epigenetic mechanisms. It is also shown that the pattern of differentiation seen in these cells is similar to wild-type (WT). Cells from open caudal...
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