title: Movement of nuclei.
abstract: This unit describes the first assay that reconstructs the movement of the female pronucleus in the newly fertilized frog egg. Nuclei are assembled in frog egg extracts and translocated along microtubules using the microtubule motor dynein.
authors.affiliation: NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reinsch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D002457:Cell Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D054443:Cell Migration Assays / Q000379:methods*; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D018385:Centrosome / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004398:Dyneins / Q000494:pharmacology; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008857:Microscopy, Interference / Q000379:methods; D018715:Microscopy, Video / Q000379:methods; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010063:Ovum / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D014982:Xenopus laevis; D015053:Zygote / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002457:Cell Extracts; D004398:Dyneins