title: Nuclear envelope breakdown: actin' quick to tear down the wall.
abstract: Nuclear envelope breakdown in metazoan cells is thought to be facilitated by microtubules, which pull on the nuclear membranes. Unexpectedly, an F-actin meshwork helps to tear down the large nucleus of starfish oocytes and to prevent chromosome loss in meiosis.
authors.affiliation: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
authors.forename: Binyam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mogessie
authors.affiliation: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK. Electronic address: mschuh@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Melina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schuh
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D008540:Meiosis / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009685:Nuclear Envelope / Q000378:metabolism*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D013215:Starfish / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins