title: Pronuclear migration: no attachment? No union, but a futile cycle!
abstract: How do pronuclei migrate towards each other? The zebrafish futile cycle gene is shown to encode a maternally expressed membrane protein required for nuclear attachment and migration along the sperm aster.
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. pnguyen@fas.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Phuong A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wühr
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Mitchison
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000502:physiology*; D018385:Centrosome / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000235:genetics*; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015053:Zygote / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: C575079:Lrmp protein, zebrafish; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins