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Insm1 promotes the transition of olfactory progenitors from apical and proliferative to basal, terminally dividing and neuronogenic.
Neural development - 1 Feb 2011
Rosenbaum Jason N, Duggan Anne, García-Añoveros Jaime
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Insm1 is a zinc-finger transcription factor transiently expressed throughout the developing nervous system in late progenitors and nascent neurons. Insm1 is also highly expressed in medulloblastomas and other neuroendocrine tumors. RESULTS: We generated mice lacking the Insm1 gene and used them to elucidate its role in neurogenic proliferation of the embryonic olfactory epithelium. We found that...
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