Embryonic polarity: protein stability in asymmetric cell division.
Recent work on pattern formation in Caenorhabditis elegans has uncovered a new mechanism of asymmetric cell division: the cytoplasm is polarized by cortical proteins, and this polarization then influences the stability of other maternally expressed proteins that in turn determine early embryonic cell fates.
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Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, 97403, USA. bbowerman@molbio.uoregon.edu
D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000196:embryology*; D002455:Cell Division; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
D011506:Proteins