2008
Timing cell-fate determination during asymmetric cell divisions
Zhong W. Timing cell-fate determination during asymmetric cell divisions. Current Opinion In Neurobiology 2008, 18: 472-478. PMID: 18983918, PMCID: PMC2609754, DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAsymmetric cell divisionCell divisionCell cycle progressionFate determinantsCell fate determinantsCell fate determinationCell fateDaughter cellsCellular organellesMolecular mechanismsCell cycleGolgi apparatusIntracellular signalingSubcellular distributionDifferent fatesCell typesNovel mechanismCell proliferationMolecular compositionMultiple roundsRecent findingsDivisionFateInvertebratesCentrosomes
2002
Progenitor cell maintenance requires numb and numblike during mouse neurogenesis
Petersen PH, Zou K, Hwang JK, Jan YN, Zhong W. Progenitor cell maintenance requires numb and numblike during mouse neurogenesis. Nature 2002, 419: 929-934. PMID: 12410312, DOI: 10.1038/nature01124.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMouse NumbNeural progenitor cellsMolecular mechanismsProgenitor cellsProgenitor cell maintenanceMammalian nervous systemOnset of neurogenesisConserved homologuesMutant embryosCourse of neurogenesisCell maintenanceMouse neurogenesisNeuronal fateNumbDividing cellsNeural cellsEarly neuronsNervous systemCritical roleProgenitorsCellsNeurogenesisDrosophilaTemporal patternsEmbryogenesis
1996
Asymmetric Localization of a Mammalian Numb Homolog during Mouse Cortical Neurogenesis
Zhong W, Feder J, Jiang M, Jan L, Jan Y. Asymmetric Localization of a Mammalian Numb Homolog during Mouse Cortical Neurogenesis. Neuron 1996, 17: 43-53. PMID: 8755477, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80279-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell DivisionCell MembraneCerebral CortexDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsEmbryo, MammalianEmbryo, NonmammalianEmbryonic and Fetal DevelopmentJuvenile HormonesMembrane ProteinsMiceMolecular Sequence DataMutationNeuronsRatsReceptors, Cell SurfaceReceptors, NotchSequence Homology, Amino AcidTissue DistributionConceptsMouse cortical neurogenesisDaughter cellsAsymmetric cell divisionCortical neurogenesisCell-cell interactionsDrosophila neurogenesisMammalian homologMutant phenotypeMouse Notch1Drosophila embryosDistinct fatesDrosophila NumbAsymmetric divisionAsymmetric localizationCell divisionDifferential segregationMolecular mechanismsNeural progenitorsNumbNeural precursorsApical membraneHomologNeurogenesisInvertebratesVertebrates