摘要 |
The present invention provides a polypeptide which is common to essentially all proteins expressed by the glial cells missing (gcm) gene, which is a fate determination gene of animal central nervous system cells, said polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of Sequence ID No. 1 or a part, functional fragment, derivative, homologue or analogue, thereof and a DNA sequence to which proteins containing the polypeptide binds. The polypeptide and DNA sequence bound by the polypeptide facilitate study and clarification of the mechanisms by which the human nervous system is formed and opens up new ways to develop diagnostic and medical treatment regimes for cerebral functional diseases and cerebral tumours. |