Transient localized accumulation of actin in Caenorhabditis elegans blastomeres with oriented asymmetric divisions.

doi:10.1242/dev.120.8.2317

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Transient localized accumulation of actin in Caenorhabditis elegans blastomeres with oriented asymmetric divisions.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Aug 1994

Waddle J A, Cooper J A, Waterston R H

Abstract excerpt

During Caenorhabditis elegans embryogenesis, specific cells in the P1 lineage rotate their duplicated centrosome pair onto the anterior-posterior axis; this rotation is correlated with and necessary for a differential inheritance of cytoplasmic determinants in the daughter cells. Centrosome pair...

Topics

Actins
Animals
Blastomeres
Caenorhabditis elegans
Cell Division
Centromere
Microscopy, Fluorescence
Microtubules
Morphogenesis
Mutation

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