The Spindle-Associated Microcephaly Protein, WDR62, Is Required for Neurogenesis and Development of the Hippocampus

@article{Shohayeb2020TheSM,
  title={The Spindle-Associated Microcephaly Protein, WDR62, Is Required for Neurogenesis and Development of the Hippocampus},
  author={Belal Shohayeb and Uda Y. Ho and Hala Hassan and Michael Piper and Dominic Chi Hiung Ng},
  journal={Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology},
  year={2020},
  volume={8}
}
Primary microcephaly genes (MCPH) are required for the embryonic expansion of the mammalian cerebral cortex. However, MCPH mutations may spare growth in other regions of the developing forebrain which reinforces context-dependent functions for distinct MCPH genes in neurodevelopment. Mutations in the MCPH2 gene, WD40-repeat protein 62 (WDR62), are causative of primary microcephaly and cortical malformations in humans. WDR62 is a spindle microtubule-associated phosphoprotein that is required for… 
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