Embryogenesis: anchors away!

Curr Biol. 2007 Oct 23;17(20):R890-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.08.019.

Abstract

It has long been appreciated that the oocyte cortex plays a key role in regulating fertilization and establishing embryonic polarity. Recent studies have identified the anti-phosphatase EGG-3 as a cortical anchor for regulatory proteins required for launching embryogenesis in Caenhorhabditis elegans.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Body Patterning / physiology
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / embryology
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / physiology
  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / physiology
  • Chitin Synthase / physiology
  • Embryonic Development / physiology*
  • Female
  • Models, Biological
  • Oocytes / physiology
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / physiology

Substances

  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
  • Chitin Synthase
  • MBK-2 protein, C elegans
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases