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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 97, Issue 12, Pages 6844-6849Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.12.6844
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During neurogenesis of the mammalian neocortex, neural progenitor cells divide to generate daughter cells that either become neurons or remain as progenitor cells. The mouse numb (m-numb) gene encodes a membrane-associated protein that is asymmetrically localized to the apical cell membrane of dividing cortical progenitor cells and may be segregated to only the apical daughter cell that has been suggested to remain as a progenitor cell. To examine m-numb function during neural development, we generated a loss-of-function mutant allele of m-numb. Mice homozygous for this mutation exhibit severe defects in cranial neural tube closure and precocious neuron production in the forebrain and die around embryonic day 11.5 (E11.5). These findings suggest that m-numb is an essential gene that plays a role in promoting progenitor cell fate during cortical neurogenesis.
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