Ect2/Pbl acts via Rho and polarity proteins to direct the assembly of an isotropic actomyosin cortex upon mitotic entry.

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Published in Dev Cell on February 19, 2015

Authors

André Rosa1, Evi Vlassaks2, Franck Pichaud2, Buzz Baum3

Author Affiliations

1: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK; Graduate Program in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology (GABBA), University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.
2: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
3: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Electronic address: b.baum@ucl.ac.uk.

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