NMY-2 maintains cellular asymmetry and cell boundaries, and promotes a SRC-dependent asymmetric cell division

Developmental Biology

Volumn 339, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 366-373

  Liu, Ji ^a   Maduzia, Lisa L ^a   Shirayama, Masaki ^a   Mello, Craig C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Myosin; NMY 2; Phosphorylation; Polarity; SRC; WNT

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; NONMUSCLE MYOSIN II; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; ENDODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZYGOTE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 76949102278     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.12.041     Document Type: Article

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