Protein switch dictates cellular fate: Stem cell or neuron

Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 05:02 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have discovered that a well-known protein has a new function: It acts in a biological circuit to determine whether an immature neural cell remains in a stem-like state or proceeds to become a functional neuron.

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