title: Surfing the actomyosin wave: polarization of the C. elegans zygote.
abstract: Many cell types rely on asymmetrically localized PAR proteins to become polarized. New evidence reveals that cortical flows powered by actomyosin contractions can mobilize PAR complexes to create distinct cortical domains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Seydoux
mesh_terms: D000205:Actomyosin / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D019521:Body Patterning; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000196:embryology*; D004330:Drosophila; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D034622:RNA Interference
chemical_list: D000205:Actomyosin