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Analysis of Actomyosin Dynamics at Local Cellular and Tissue Scales Using Time-lapse Movies of Cultured Drosophila Egg Chambers
Published on: June 3, 2019
Cytoskeletal dynamics in the mouse egg
B Maro1, S K Howlett, E Houliston
1Department de Differenciation Cellulaire, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire du CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, France.
Abstract:
The distribution and roles of the microtubule and microfilament networks in the mouse egg following fertilization are described. The role of the chromosomes in the control of the egg cytoskeleton organization is discussed and a model for polar body formation proposed. Finally we described the changes occurring in the pattern of proteins synthesized during this period, these being discussed in relation to cell cycle events and to change in cytoskeleton organization.

