title: Embryonic polarity: protein stability in asymmetric cell division.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, 97403, USA. bbowerman@molbio.uoregon.edu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bowerman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000196:embryology*; D002455:Cell Division; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins