title: Cell division: plant-like properties of animal cell cytokinesis.
abstract: Recent evidence that a syntaxin is required for cytokinesis in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos suggests that the mechanism of cell division in plant and animal cells may be more similar than previously imagined.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, 1370 Franklin Boulevard, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA. bbowerman@molbio.uoregon.edu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bowerman
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Severson
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000502:physiology; D000828:Animal Population Groups / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002455:Cell Division; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D016547:Kinesins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins; D013045:Species Specificity; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000502:physiology; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000196:embryology
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D015801:Helminth Proteins; C097724:KNOLLE protein, Arabidopsis; C490517:MKLP1 protein, C elegans; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins; C114455:ZEN-4 protein, C elegans; D016547:Kinesins