Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Imprinted Cdkn1c genomic locus cell-autonomously promotes cell survival in cerebral cortex development

  • Susanne Laukoter,
  • Robert Beattie,
  • Florian M. Pauler,
  • Nicole Amberg,
  • Keiichi I. Nakayama,
  • Simon Hippenmeyer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14077-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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How the imprinted Cdkn1c locus regulates corticogenesis is unclear. Here, the authors dissect the level of cell-autonomy of imprinted Cdkn1c gene function in mouse corticogenesis and identify this as regulating radial glial progenitor cell and projection neuron survival.