Centrosome movement in the early divisions of Caenorhabditis elegans: a cortical site determining centrosome position.
Year: 1989
Type: article
Abstract: In Caenorhabditis elegans embryos, early blastomeres of the P cell lineage divide successively on the same axis. This axis is a consequence of the specific rotational movement of the pair of centrosomes and nucleus (Hyman, A. A., and J. G. White. 1987. J. Cell Biol. 105:2123-2135). A laser has been used to perturb the centrosome movements that determine the pattern of early embryonic divisions. The results support a previously proposed model in which a centrosome rotates towards its correct position by shortening of connections, possibly microtubules, between a centrosome and a defined site on the cortex of the embryo.
Source: The Journal of Cell Biology
Author: A A Hyman
Institutions: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council
Language: English
Subfield: Cell Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Medical Research Council
OpenAlex ID: W1997383129