Abstract
Anterior-posterior polarity in the Caenorhabditis elegans zygote depends on two groups of PAR proteins, as well as on cortical flow. Recent work now demonstrates that this polarization results from a transition in a bistable reaction-diffusion system of PAR proteins that is triggered by cortical flow.
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Title
Cell Polarization: Mechanical Switch for a Chemical Reaction
Author(s)
Verkhovsky, Alexander B.
Published in
Current Biology
Volume
22
Pages
R58-R61
Date
2012
Publisher
Elsevier
ISSN
0960-9822
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LCB
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2012-03-01