Polarity and cell division orientation in the cleavage embryo: From worm to human

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 691-703

  Ajduk, Anna ^a   Zernicka Goetz, Magdalena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cytoplasmic flow; Drosophila; Embryo; Hippo signalling; Human; Mouse; Par proteins; polarity; Preimplantation development

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL PROTEIN; HIPPO PROTEIN; PAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLASTOMA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; DYNAMICS; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL; WORM; ANIMAL; BODY PATTERNING; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84994479618     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gav068     Document Type: Review

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