The prosensory function of Sox2 in the chicken inner ear relies on the direct regulation of Atoh1.

The proneural gene Atoh1 is crucial for the development of inner ear hair cells and it requires the function of the transcription factor Sox2 through yet unknown mechanisms. In the present work, we used the chicken embryo and HEK293T cells to explore the regulation of Atoh1 by Sox2. The results show...

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Main Authors: Joana Neves, Masanori Uchikawa, Anna Bigas, Fernando Giraldez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3264626?pdf=render