Neurogenins
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neurogenin 1
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| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | NEUROG1 |
| Alt. Symbols | NEUROD3 |
| Entrez | 4762 |
| HUGO | 7764 |
| OMIM | 601726 |
| RefSeq | NM_006161 |
| UniProt | Q92886 |
| Other data | |
| Locus | Chr. 5 q23-q31 |
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neurogenin 2
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| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | NEUROG2 |
| Entrez | 63973 |
| HUGO | 13805 |
| OMIM | 606624 |
| RefSeq | NM_024019 |
| UniProt | Q9H2A3 |
| Other data | |
| Locus | Chr. 4 q25 |
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neurogenin 3
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| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | NEUROG3 |
| Entrez | 50674 |
| HUGO | 13806 |
| OMIM | 604882 |
| RefSeq | NM_020999 |
| UniProt | Q9Y4Z2 |
| Other data | |
| Locus | Chr. 10 q21.3 |
Neurogenins are a family of bHLH transcription factors involved in specifying neuronal differentiation. They are related to Drosophila atonal.
The neurogenins (ngns) make up one of these atonal-related gene families. In neural crest cells, the atonal-related neurogenin family is particularly important for the sensory lineage (Neurogenins Are Essential for the Formation of Dorsal Root Ganglia), while the achaete-scute homologue ash1 (Mash1) is important for aspects of autonomic neurogenesis (Mash1 Is Essential for Noradrenergic Differentiation)[1].
[edit] Types
- Neurogenin-1 (NEUROG1) is expressed in and required for specification of dopaminergic progenitor cells[2].
- Neurogenin-2 (NEUROG2)
- Neurogenin-3 promotes (NEUROG2) pancreatic development.
[edit] References
- ^ Rao M. et al., Developmental Neurobiology IV, Kluwer 2005
- ^ Lackie J.M., The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology IV, Academic Press 2007
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