Biology:SCO-spondin

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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SCO-spondin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SSPO gene.[1][2][3] SCO-spondin is secreted by the subcommissural organ, and contributes to commissural axon growth and the formation of Reissner's fiber, a fibrous aggregation of secreted molecules extending from the subcommissural organ to the end of the spinal cord.[4]

References

  1. "SCO-spondin: a new member of the thrombospondin family secreted by the subcommissural organ is a candidate in the modulation of neuronal aggregation". Journal of Cell Science. 109 109 ( Pt 5) (5): 1053–61. May 1996. doi:10.1242/jcs.109.5.1053. PMID 8743952. 
  2. "Subcommissural organ/Reissner's fiber complex: characterization of SCO-spondin, a glycoprotein with potent activity on neurite outgrowth". Glia 32 (2): 177–91. November 2000. doi:10.1002/1098-1136(200011)32:2<177::AID-GLIA70>3.0.CO;2-V. PMID 11008217. 
  3. "Entrez Gene: SSPO SCO-spondin homolog (Bos taurus)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=23145. 
  4. "SCO-spondin is evolutionarily conserved in the central nervous system of the chordate phylum". Neuroscience 88 (2): 655–64. January 1999. doi:10.1016/s0306-4522(98)00252-8. PMID 10197783. 

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