Nuclear Envelope Breakdown: Actin' Quick to Tear Down the Wall

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​Nuclear Envelope Breakdown: Actin' Quick to Tear Down the Wall​
Mogessie, B. & Schuh, M. ​ (2014) 
Current Biology24(13) pp. R605​-R607​.​ DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.059 

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Mogessie, Binyam; Schuh, Melina 
Abstract
Nuclear envelope breakdown in metazoan cells is thought to be facilitated by microtubules, which pull on the nuclear membranes. Unexpectedly, an F-actin meshwork helps to tear down the large nucleus of starfish oocytes and to prevent chromosome loss in meiosis.
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2014
Journal
Current Biology 
ISSN
0960-9822
eISSN
1879-0445
Language
English

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