title: Spindle orientation: timing is everything.
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, Xie et al. (2013) identified protein phosphatase 4c (PP4c) as a new component in the regulation of spindle orientation during mammalian neurogenesis. Importantly, their findings uncovered a novel and critical temporal aspect of the regulation of spindle orientation during neurogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. ajw168@case.edu
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wynshaw-Boris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D005260:Female; D019579:Neocortex / Q000196:embryology* / Q000201:enzymology*; D055495:Neurogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; C080406:protein phosphatase 4
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