Neurogenin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NEUROG2 gene.[5]

NEUROG2
Identifiers
AliasesNEUROG2, Atoh4, Math4A, NGN2, bHLHa8, ngn-2, neurogenin 2
External IDsOMIM: 606624; MGI: 109619; HomoloGene: 7633; GeneCards: NEUROG2; OMA:NEUROG2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_024019

NM_009718

RefSeq (protein)

NP_076924

NP_033848

Location (UCSC)Chr 4: 112.51 – 112.52 MbChr 3: 127.43 – 127.43 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Neurogenin-2 is a member of the neurogenin subfamily of basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor genes that play an important role in neurogenesis.[6]

It has been found to reprogram astrocytes to glutamergic neurons when expressed.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000178403Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000027967Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ "Entrez Gene: neurogenin 2".
  6. ^ Heng JI, Nguyen L, Castro DS, Zimmer C, Wildner H, Armant O, et al. (September 2008). "Neurogenin 2 controls cortical neuron migration through regulation of Rnd2". Nature. 455 (7209): 114–118. Bibcode:2008Natur.455..114H. doi:10.1038/nature07198. PMID 18690213. S2CID 2813030.
  7. ^ Liu F, Zhang Y, Chen F, Yuan J, Li S, Han S, et al. (March 2021). "Neurog2 directly converts astrocytes into functional neurons in midbrain and spinal cord". Cell Death & Disease. 12 (3): 225. doi:10.1038/s41419-021-03498-x. PMC 7921562. PMID 33649354.

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