title: Asymmetric division: a kinesin for spindle positioning.
abstract: The meiotic spindles of animal eggs move to extremely asymmetric positions, close to the cell cortex. A recent paper has identified a motor complex that may move the meiotic spindle toward the cortex in Caenorhabditis elegans eggs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280, USA. emccarthy@unc.edu
authors.forename: Erin K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology*; D016547:Kinesins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D010063:Ovum / Q000166:cytology*; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016547:Kinesins