ASH1, HASH1, MASH1, bHLHa46, Achaete-scute homolog 1, ASH-1, Class A basic helix-loop-helix protein 46, ASCL1
Transcription factor that controls transcriptional expression of its target genes by binding to the E box (5-CANNTG-3). Plays a role at early stages of development of specific neural lineages in most regions of the CNS, and of several lineages in the PNS