Article
A ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase is required to maintain osmotic balance and execute actin-dependent processes in the early C. elegans embryo.
Journal of cell science - 1 Jun 2002
Kaitna Susanne, Schnabel Heinke, Schnabel Ralf, Hyman Anthony A, Glotzer Michael
Abstract excerpt
In the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo, establishment of cell polarity and cytokinesis are both dependent upon reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. Mutations in the cyk-3 gene cause maternal effect embryonic lethality. Embryos produced by homozygous cyk-3 mutant animals become multinucleate. We have further analyzed the cyk-3 mutant phenotype and have found that cyk-3 mutant embryos fail to properly...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
