title: Cytokinesis: thinking outside the cell.
abstract: How might the extracellular matrix contribute to cytokinesis? In a recent report, evidence is presented that the conserved extracellular matrix protein hemicentin(HIM-4) is required for cytokinesis in worms and mice.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Shawn N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: Julie C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Canman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D048749:Cytokinesis / Q000502:physiology*; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C517185:hemicentin 1 protein, mouse; C424064:him-4 protein, C elegans