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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-8
pubmed:abstractText
The CNS midline cells, specified by the single-minded (sim) gene, are required for the proper patterning of the ventral CNS and epidermis, which are derived from the Drosophila ventral neuroectoderm. Defects in the sim mutant are characterized by the loss of the gene expression, which is required for the proper formation of the ventral neurons and epidermis, and by a decrease in the spacing of longitudinal and commissural axon tracks. Molecular and cellular mechanisms for these defects were analyzed to elucidate the precise role of the CNS midline cells in proper patterning of the ventral neuroectoderm during embryonic neurogenesis. These analyses showed that the ventral neuroectoderm in the sim mutant fails to carry out its proper formation and characteristic cell division cycle. This resulted in the loss of the dividing neuroectodermal cells that are located ventral to the CNS midline. The CNS midline cells are also required for the cell cycle-independent expression of the neural and epidermal markers. This indicates that the CNS midline cells are essential for the establishment and maintenance of the ventral epidermal and neuronal cell lineage by cell-cell interaction. On the other hand, the CNS midline cells do not cause extensive cell death in the ventral neuroectoderm. This study indicates that the CNS midline cells play important roles in the coordination of the proper cell cycle progression and the correct identity determination of the adjacent ventral neuroectoderm along the dorsoventral axis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0012-1606
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
227
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
307-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Body Patterning, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Central Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Ectoderm, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Genes, Insect, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Genetic Markers, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11071757-Nuclear Proteins
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The CNS midline cells coordinate proper cell cycle progression and identity determination of the Drosophila ventral neuroectoderm.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, Konkuk University, Seoul, 143-701, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't