MCPH1 regulates the neuroprogenitor division mode by coupling the centrosomal cycle with mitotic entry through the Chk1–Cdc25 pathway

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PRMT5 regulates Golgi apparatus structure through methylation of the golgin GM130

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Cdk5rap2 regulates centrosome function and chromosome segregation in neuronal progenitors

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Mutations in WDR62, encoding a centrosome-associated protein, cause microcephaly with simplified gyri and abnormal cortical architecture

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WDR62 is associated with the spindle pole and is mutated in human microcephaly

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Cdk5rap2 Interacts with Pericentrin to Maintain the Neural Progenitor Pool in the Developing Neocortex

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Establishment of a Mouse Model with Misregulated Chromosome Condensation due to Defective Mcph1 Function

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Mutations in mouse Aspm (abnormal spindle-like microcephaly associated) cause not only microcephaly but also major defects in the germline

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BRIT1/MCPH1 Is Essential for Mitotic and Meiotic Recombination DNA Repair and Maintaining Genomic Stability in Mice

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Centrioles, Centrosomes, and Cilia in Health and Disease

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Microcephalin and pericentrin regulate mitotic entry via centrosome-associated Chk1

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Asymmetric centrosome inheritance maintains neural progenitors in the neocortex

(2009) Xiaoqun Wang et al.   NATURE

BRIT1/MCPH1 links chromatin remodelling to DNA damage response

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DNA repair deficiency and neurological disease

(2009) Peter J. McKinnon   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Primary microcephaly: do all roads lead to Rome?

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Neuroepithelial Stem Cell Proliferation Requires LIS1 for Precise Spindle Orientation and Symmetric Division

(2008) Jessica Yingling et al.   CELL

Mechanisms of Asymmetric Stem Cell Division

(2008) Juergen A. Knoblich   CELL

Neurogenesis and asymmetric cell division

(2008) Weimin Zhong et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Cytokinesis of neuroepithelial cells can divide their basal process before anaphase

(2008) Yoichi Kosodo et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

MCPH1/BRIT1 cooperates with E2F1 in the activation of checkpoint, DNA repair and apoptosis

(2008) Shan-Zhong Yang et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Microcephalin/MCPH1 Associates with the Condensin II Complex to Function in Homologous Recombination Repair

(2008) Jamie L. Wood et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Making bigger brains-the evolution of neural-progenitor-cell division

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Mechanisms of asymmetric cell division: flies and worms pave the way

(2008) Pierre Gönczy   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Mutations in the Pericentrin (PCNT) Gene Cause Primordial Dwarfism

(2008) A. Rauch et al.   SCIENCE