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

Embryogenesis: anchors away!

J Amaranath Govindan  1 , David Greenstein
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Embryogenesis: anchors away!

J Amaranath Govindan et al. Curr Biol. .
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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.

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