Mouse numb is an essential gene involved in cortical neurogenesis
Zhong W, Jiang M, Schonemann M, Meneses J, Pedersen R, Jan L, Jan Y. Mouse numb is an essential gene involved in cortical neurogenesis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2000, 97: 6844-6849. PMID: 10841580, PMCID: PMC18761, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.12.6844.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEssential genesDaughter cellsProgenitor cellsCranial neural tube closureFunction mutant allelesApical daughter cellMembrane-associated proteinsProgenitor cell fateCortical neurogenesisNeural tube closureEmbryonic day 11.5Neural progenitor cellsCortical progenitor cellsNumb functionsCell fateApical cell membraneNumb geneSevere defectsTube closureMutant allelesNeural developmentDay 11.5Cell membraneGenesMammalian neocortex