Microtubule-actin crosslinking factor 1 (Macf1) domain function in Balbiani body dissociation and nuclear positioning.

Animal-vegetal (AV) polarity of most vertebrate eggs is established during early oogenesis through the formation and disassembly of the Balbiani Body (Bb). The Bb is a structure conserved from insects to humans that appears as a large granule, similar to a mRNP granule composed of mRNA and proteins,...

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Main Authors: Matias Escobar-Aguirre, Hong Zhang, Allison Jamieson-Lucy, Mary C Mullins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5605089?pdf=render