title: Embryogenesis: anchors away!
abstract: It has long been appreciated that the oocyte cortex plays a key role in regulating fertilization and establishing embryonic polarity. Recent studies have identified the anti-phosphatase EGG-3 as a cortical anchor for regulatory proteins required for launching embryogenesis in Caenhorhabditis elegans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
authors.forename: J Amaranath
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Govindan
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greenstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000502:physiology; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000196:embryology / Q000502:physiology; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D002687:Chitin Synthase / Q000502:physiology; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008954:Models, Biological; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002687:Chitin Synthase; C478059:MBK-2 protein, C elegans; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases