Cell polarity: centrosomes release signals for polarization

Curr Biol. 2012 Apr 24;22(8):R281-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.009.

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.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / cytology*
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / embryology*
  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism*
  • Cell Differentiation*
  • Cell Polarity*
  • Centrosome / metabolism*
  • Microtubule Proteins / metabolism*
  • Microtubule-Organizing Center / metabolism*
  • Microtubules / metabolism*

Substances

  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
  • Microtubule Proteins