Actomyosin polarisation through PLC-PKC triggers symmetry breaking of the mouse embryo

The molecular trigger that establishes cell polarity in the mammalian embryo is unclear. Here, the authors show that de novo polarisation of the mouse embryo at the 8-cell stage is directed by Phospholipase C and Protein kinase C and occurs in two phases: polarisation of actomyosin followed by the P...

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Main Authors: Meng Zhu, Chuen Yan Leung, Marta N. Shahbazi, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00977-8