basic FUNCTION
| involved in gastrulation process |
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may play a role in spatial programing within discrete embryonic fields or lineage compartements during organogenesis |
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promoting tumor cell malignancy |
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functions as a transcriptional repressor either by direct DNA binding to paired TAAT homeodomain sites or through recruitment by the forkhead/winged helix transcription factor FOXH1 |
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having an essential role in craniofacial and joint development, suggesting that GSC is an essential regulator of mesodermal patterning in mammals and that it has specific functions in neural crest cell derivatives |