Nuclear envelope breakdown: actin' quick to tear down the wall

Binyam Mogessie; Melina Schuh

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.059

Nuclear envelope breakdown: actin' quick to tear down the wall

Binyam Mogessie, Melina Schuh

School of Biochemistry

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R605-7
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	24
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.059
Publication status	Published - 7 Jul 2014

Keywords

Actins
Animals
Meiosis
Models, Biological
Nuclear Envelope
Oocytes
Starfish
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