Cell Polarity: Centrosomes Release Signals for Polarization

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 2012 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Current Biology, volume 22, pages R281-R283 (issn: 0960-9822,

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Authors: Sumiyoshi, Eisuke; Sugimoto, Asako;

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.009

pmid: 22537634

Cell Polarity: Centrosomes Release Signals for Polarization

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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.

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Centrosome, Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), Microtubule Proteins, Animals, Cell Polarity, Cell Differentiation, Caenorhabditis elegans, Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, Microtubules, Microtubule-Organizing Center

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