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NAV2

Neuron navigator 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NAV2 gene.[1][2][3]

The vitamin A metabolite, all-trans retinoic acid (atRA), plays an important role in neuronal development, including neurite outgrowth. RAINB1 is an atRA-responsive gene.[3]

References

  1. Maes T, Barcelo A, Buesa C (Jun 2002). “Neuron navigator: a human gene family with homology to unc-53, a cell guidance gene from Caenorhabditis elegans”. Genomics. 80 (1): 21–30. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6799. PMID 12079279.
  2. Coy JF, Wiemann S, Bechmann I, Bachner D, Nitsch R, Kretz O, Christiansen H, Poustka A (Jun 2002). “Pore membrane and/or filament interacting like protein 1 (POMFIL1) is predominantly expressed in the nervous system and encodes different protein isoforms”. Gene. 290 (1–2): 73–94. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00567-X. PMID 12062803.
  3. 3.0 3.1 “Entrez Gene: NAV2 neuron navigator 2”.

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