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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2016

Transcriptomes of lineage-specific Drosophila neuroblasts profiled by genetic targeting and robotic sorting.

Ching-Po Yang, Chi-Cheng Fu, Ken Sugino, Zhiyong Liu, Qingzhong Ren, Ling-Yu Liu, Xiaohao Yao, Luke P Lee, Tzumin Lee

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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37 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ching-Po YangHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Chi-Cheng FuHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA Departments of Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Biophysics Graduate Program, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Ken SuginoHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Zhiyong LiuHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Qingzhong RenHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Ling-Yu LiuHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Xiaohao YaoHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Luke P LeeDepartments of Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Biophysics Graduate Program, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Tzumin LeeHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA leet@janelia.hhmi.org.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USHelix (United States) · USJanelia Research Campus · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A brain consists of numerous distinct neurons arising from a limited number of progenitors, called neuroblasts in Drosophila. Each neuroblast produces a specific neuronal lineage. To unravel the transcriptional networks that underlie the development of distinct neuroblast lineages, we marked and isolated lineage-specific neuroblasts for RNA sequencing. We labeled particular neuroblasts throughout neurogenesis by activating a conditional neuroblast driver in specific lineages using various intersection strategies. The targeted neuroblasts were efficiently recovered using a custom-built device for robotic single-cell picking. Transcriptome analysis of mushroom body, antennal lobe and type II neuroblasts compared with non-selective neuroblasts, neurons and glia revealed a rich repertoire of transcription factors expressed among neuroblasts in diverse patterns. Besides transcription factors that are likely to be pan-neuroblast, many transcription factors exist that are selectively enriched or repressed in certain neuroblasts. The unique combinations of transcription factors present in different neuroblasts may govern the diverse lineage-specific neuron fates.

Indexed as

Gene TargetingRoboticsAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCell LineageDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalNeuronsSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisTranscription FactorsTranscriptomeDrosophila ProteinsTranscription FactorsAntennal lobeMushroom bodyNeural stem cellRNA-seqTranscription factorType II neuroblast

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PMID26700685
PMCPMC4760311
OpenAlexW2290663496

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