Pronuclear migration: no attachment? No union, but a futile cycle!

Author
Phuong Nguyen, Keisuke Ishihara, Martin Wühr, Timothy Mitchison
Publication Year
2012

Type

Journal Article
Abstract

How do pronuclei migrate towards each other? The zebrafish futile cycle gene is shown to encode a maternally expressed membrane protein required for nuclear attachment and migration along the sperm aster.

Keywords
Animals, Zebrafish, Membrane Proteins, Female, Male, Centrosome, Cell Nucleus, Zebrafish Proteins, Zygote
Journal
Curr Biol
Volume
22
Issue
10
Pages
R409-11
Date Published
05/2012
ISSN Number
1879-0445
DOI
10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.062
Alternate Journal
Curr. Biol.
PMID
22625860
Documents
2012_nguyen_mitchison_currbiol.pdf