Cytokinesis.

Current opinion in cell biology ·Vol. 4 ·No. 1 ·1992-02-00 ·Pages 43-52

Satterwhite LL, Pollard TD

Abstract

The actomyosin contractile-ring mechanism remains the paradigm for cytokinesis after 20 years of experimental testing. Recent evidence suggests that Ca2+ triggers the contraction and that cell-cycle kinases regulate the timing of cytokinesis. New work is required to identify the signals from the mitotic spindle that specify the position of the furrow.

MeSH Terms

Actomyosin/physiology Animals Calcium/physiology Cell Cycle/physiology Cell Division Mitosis/physiology Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase/physiology Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases Phosphorylation Spindle Apparatus/physiology

Chemicals

Actomyosin Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases Calcium

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Satterwhite L L

Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.

Pollard T D

Article Info

Journal

Current opinion in cell biology

Abbr.

Curr Opin Cell Biol

ISSN

0955-0674

DOI

10.1016/0955-0674(92)90057-j

Published

1992-02-00

Pages

43-52

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

8913428

Subset

External Links

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