Cortical domain correction repositions the polarity boundary to match the cytokinesis furrow in C. elegans embryos

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1743-1753

  Schenk, Christian ^a   Bringmann, Henrik ^b,c,d   Hyman, Anthony A ^b   Cowan, Carrie R ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

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

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; C. elegans; Cytokinesis; PAR polarity

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL POLARITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN KINASE C;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 77952205541     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.040436     Document Type: Article

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