Escargot (transcription factor)
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Escargot (esg) is a transcription factor expressed in Drosophila melanogaster. It is responsible for the maintenance of intestinal stem cells and is used as a marker for those types of cells in Drosophila.[1][2][3] Apart from its expression in the gut, esg is also expressed in expressed in germline stem cells and cyst stem cells of the testis[4][5] and, during development, in neural stem cells and imaginal disks.[6][7][8]
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Organism | Drosophila melanogaster | ||||||
Symbol | Dmel/esg | ||||||
UniProt | P25932 | ||||||
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