Control of nuclear centration in the C. elegans zygote by receptor-independent Galpha signaling and myosin II.

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Published in J Cell Biol on September 24, 2007

Authors

Morgan B Goulding1, Julie C Canman, Eric N Senning, Andrew H Marcus, Bruce Bowerman

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA. goulding@uoregon.edu

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