Science news articles about 'cell polarity'

... headed the team that conducted the research, to be published in Cell on Nov. 26. The results also constitute first ... what looks like a hollow ball of cells. The polarity protein Scribble lines the sides ...

... a protein called Scribble, originally discovered as a cell-shape regulator in fruit flies and worms, ... Scribble normally directs breast epithelial cells to form the structures that give breast tissue ...

... grows might come down to how your cells divide. In the April 6 issue of the Journal ... Strabismus in flies) is a component of the PCP (planar cell polarity) pathway that is active in a variety of tissues ...

... were a bit smaller than average. On closer inspection, they discovered a range of subtle changes in cell polarity and movement: Nuclei within the proliferating zone tended to move faster, but with ...

... is able to take on a similar role in bacterial cells, according to research published today in the open access ... ) localizes in E. coli cells' polar regions keeping cell division at its correct central ...

... is able to take on a similar role in bacterial cells, according to new research. The Arabidopsis thaliana Min ... ) localizes in E. coli cells' polar regions keeping cell division at its correct central ...