Actin cytoskeleton in cell polarity and asymmetric division during mouse oocyte maturation

Bulk Cytoplasmic Actin and Its Functions in Meiosis and Mitosis

(2011) Christine M. Field et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Spire-Type Actin Nucleators Cooperate with Formin-2 to Drive Asymmetric Oocyte Division

(2011) Sybille Pfender et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Symmetry breaking in mouse oocytes requires transient F-actin meshwork destabilization

(2011) J. Azoury et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Symmetrical division of mouse oocytes during meiotic maturation can lead to the development of twin embryos that amalgamate to form a chimeric hermaphrodite

(2011) J. Otsuki et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

The small GTPase Cdc42 promotes membrane protrusion during polar body emission via ARP2-nucleated actin polymerization

(2011) J. Leblanc et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Dynamic maintenance of asymmetric meiotic spindle position through Arp2/3-complex-driven cytoplasmic streaming in mouse oocytes

(2011) Kexi Yi et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Arp2/3 Complex Regulates Asymmetric Division and Cytokinesis in Mouse Oocytes

(2011) Shao-Chen Sun et al.   PLoS One

Mechanism of the chromosome-induced polar body extrusion in mouse eggs

(2011) Qiong Wang et al.   Cell Division

Cortical Mechanics and Meiosis II Completion in Mammalian Oocytes Are Mediated by Myosin-II and Ezrin-Radixin-Moesin (ERM) Proteins

(2010) Stephanie M. Larson et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Spindle Positioning: Actin Mediates Pushing and Pulling

(2009) Magdalena Bezanilla et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Epithelial Cell Transforming Protein 2 (ECT2) Depletion Blocks Polar Body Extrusion and Generates Mouse Oocytes Containing Two Metaphase II Spindles

(2009) Judith Elbaz et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Oocyte aging: cellular and molecular changes, developmental potential and reversal possibility

(2009) Y.-L. Miao et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Spindle orientation during asymmetric cell division

(2009) Karsten H. Siller et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Lifeact cannot visualize some forms of stress-induced twisted f-actin

(2009) Lise N Munsie et al.   NATURE METHODS

Kinetochore-Independent Chromosome Poleward Movement during Anaphase of Meiosis II in Mouse Eggs

(2009) Manqi Deng et al.   PLoS One

Actin, a Central Player in Cell Shape and Movement

(2009) T. D. Pollard et al.   SCIENCE

ADP-Ribosylation Factor 1 Regulates Asymmetric Cell Division in Female Meiosis in the Mouse1

(2008) Shufang Wang et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Actin binding domains direct actin-binding proteins to different cytoskeletal locations

(2008) Raymond W Washington et al.   BMC CELL BIOLOGY

A New Model for Asymmetric Spindle Positioning in Mouse Oocytes

(2008) Melina Schuh et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Spindle Positioning in Mouse Oocytes Relies on a Dynamic Meshwork of Actin Filaments

(2008) Jessica Azoury et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cdc42 protein acts upstream of IQGAP1 and regulates cytokinesis in mouse oocytes and embryos

(2008) Anna Bielak-Zmijewska et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Polar Body Emission Requires a RhoA Contractile Ring and Cdc42-Mediated Membrane Protrusion

(2008) Xuan Zhang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The RanGTP gradient - a GPS for the mitotic spindle

(2008) P. Kalab et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Actin-driven chromosomal motility leads to symmetry breaking in mammalian meiotic oocytes

(2008) Hongbin Li et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Lifeact: a versatile marker to visualize F-actin

(2008) Julia Riedl et al.   NATURE METHODS

Brefeldin A disrupts asymmetric spindle positioning in mouse oocytes

(2007) Ling Wang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY