AP2α

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AP2α is a member of transcription factor AP-2 gene family that consists of three different genes. AP-2 is shown to have important functions in differentiation of neural crest-derived cell lineage. AP2α is thought to be required for a number of morphogenetic events including aspects of craniofacial development and midline fusion.

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Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
Marc D. Binder
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine University of Tokyo Hongo, Bunkyo‐ku, Tokyo, Japan
Nobutaka Hirokawa
Göttingen, Germany
Uwe Windhorst

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(2008). AP2α. In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_308

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_308
Published: 24 January 2024
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
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