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SCO-spondin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SSPOgene. SCO-spondin is secreted by the subcommissural organ, and contributes to commissuralaxon 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.
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Further reading
Meiniel A, Meiniel R, Gonçalves-Mendes N, Creveaux I, Didier R, Dastugue B (2004). "The thrombospondin type 1 repeat (TSR) and neuronal differentiation: roles of SCO-spondin oligopeptides on neuronal cell types and cell lines". International Review of Cytology. 230: 1–39. doi:10.1016/S0074-7696(03)30001-4. PMID14692680.
Gonçalves-Mendes N, Simon-Chazottes D, Creveaux I, Meiniel A, Guénet JL, Meiniel R (July 2003). "Mouse SCO-spondin, a gene of the thrombospondin type 1 repeat (TSR) superfamily expressed in the brain". Gene. 312: 263–70. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00622-X. PMID12909363.
Gonçalves-Mendes N, Blanchon L, Meiniel A, Dastugue B, Sapin V (May 2004). "Placental expression of SCO-spondin during mouse and human development". Gene Expression Patterns. 4 (3): 309–14. doi:10.1016/j.modgep.2003.10.004. PMID15053980.
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