title: Cell polarity: centrosomes release signals for polarization.
abstract: New findings reveal that, in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos, the centrosome provides signals that induce cell polarization, independently of its function as the microtubule-organizing center.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
authors.forename: Eisuke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sumiyoshi
authors.forename: Asako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000166:cytology* / Q000196:embryology*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D016764:Cell Polarity; D018385:Centrosome / Q000378:metabolism*; D008868:Microtubule Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D022101:Microtubule-Organizing Center / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D008868:Microtubule Proteins