A narrow window of cortical tension guides asymmetric spindle positioning in the mouse oocyte

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chaigne, A ^a   Campillo, C ^b   Gov, N S ^c   Voituriez, R ^d   Sykes, C ^e,f,g   Verlhac, M H ^a   Terret, M E ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; F ACTIN; MYOSIN II;

CYTOLOGY; EGG; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEIN; RODENT; TENSION;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CORTEX; TENSION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MITOSIS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 84923116688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7027     Document Type: Article

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