Centrosomes direct cell polarity independently of microtubule assembly in C. elegans embryos

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7004, 2004, Pages 92-96

  Cowan, Carrie R ^a   Cowan, Anthony A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER ABLATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLARIZATION; PROTEINS;

MICROTUBULE NUCLEATORS; POLARITY;

CELL CULTURE;

GAMMA TUBULIN; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 1; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; PAR 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PAR-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TUBULIN;

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; LASER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TIME;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; LASERS; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN;

EID: 4544318596     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02825     Document Type: Letter

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