| First Author | Heins N | Year | 2001 |
| Journal | Mol Cell Neurosci | Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 5 | Pages | 485-502 |
| PubMed ID | 11922140 | Mgi Jnum | J:125078 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:3723428 | Doi | 10.1006/mcne.2001.1046 |
| Citation | Heins N, et al. (2001) Emx2 promotes symmetric cell divisions and a multipotential fate in precursors from the cerebral cortex. Mol Cell Neurosci 18(5):485-502 |
| abstractText | Distinct sets of precursor cells generate the mammalian cerebral cortex. During neurogenesis most precursors are specified to generate a single cell type and only few are multipotent. The cell-intrinsic molecular determinants of these distinct lineages are not known. Here we describe that retroviral transduction of the transcription factor Emx2 in precursors from the cerebral cortex results in a significant increase of large clones that are generated mostly by symmetric cell divisions and contain multiple cell types, comprising neurons and glial cells. Thus, Emx2 is the first cell-intrinsic determinant able to instruct CNS precursors towards a multipotential fate. To evaluate the role of endogenous Emx2 in cortical precursors, we examined cell division in Emx2-/- mice. These analyses further supported the role of endogenous Emx2 in the regulation of symmetric cell divisions in the developing cortex. |
