title: Oocyte differentiation: a motor makes a difference.
abstract: In a variety of developmental systems, asymmetric mitoses precede, and are essential for, cellular differentiation. Recent studies demonstrate a role for the motor protein cytoplasmic dynein in generating the mitotic asymmetries that lead to Drosophila oocyte differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York 11764-5215, USA. theurk@mcbsgi.bio.sunysb.edu
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Theurkauf
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans; D004330:Drosophila; D004398:Dyneins / Q000502:physiology*; D008938:Mitosis; D009866:Oogenesis / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004398:Dyneins