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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 6, 777-788 (October 2005) | doi:10.1038/nrm1739
Article series: Developmental Cell Biology
The cell biology of neurogenesis
Magdalena Götz1 & Wieland B. Huttner2 About the authors
Abstract
During the development of the mammalian central nervous system, neural stem cells and their derivative progenitor cells generate neurons by asymmetric and symmetric divisions. The proliferation versus differentiation of these cells and the type of division are closely linked to their epithelial characteristics, notably, their apical–basal polarity and cell-cycle length. Here, we discuss how these features change during development from neuroepithelial to radial glial cells, and how this transition affects cell fate and neurogenesis.
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Author affiliations
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Institute for Stem Cell Research, GSF — National Research Center for Environment and Health, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg/Munich, Germany.
Email: magdalena.goetz@gsf.de -
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, D-01307 Dresden, Germany.
Email: huttner@mpi-cbg.de
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