Asymmetric enrichment of PIE-1 in the Caenorhabditis elegans zygote mediated by binary counterdiffusion

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 473-479

  Daniels, Brian R ^a   Perkins, Edward M ^b   Dobrowsky, Terrence M ^a,b   Sun, Sean X ^a,b   Wirtz, Denis ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIE 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PIE 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PIE-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; STEADY STATE; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GERM CELLS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 61449163968     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200809077     Document Type: Article

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