D quadrant specification in the leech Helobdella: Actomyosin contractility controls the unequal cleavage of the CD blastomere

Developmental Biology

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-58

  Lyons, Deirdre C ^a   Weisblat, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actomyosin; Chirality; D quadrant specification; Lophotrochozoa; Spindle orientation; Spiral cleavage

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROSOME; CHIRALITY; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEECH; MITOSIS; MONOPHYLY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE POLE BODY;

ANNELIDA; HELOBDELLA; HIRUDINIDA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; SPIRALIA;

EID: 70249143553     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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