Syncytial germline architecture is actively maintained by contraction of an internal actomyosin corset

• Main Authors: Priti, A, Ong, H.T, Toyama, Y, Padmanabhan, A, Dasgupta, S, Krajnc, M, Zaidel-Bar, R
• Other Authors: MECHANOBIOLOGY INSTITUTE
• Format: Article
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020
• Subjects: myosin adenosine triphosphatase; Caenorhabditis elegans protein; myosin; amino acid; fertility; germ cell; laser; membrane; nematode; Article; Caenorhabditis elegans; cytoskeleton; germ line; gonad; laser surgery; mathematical model; microsurgery; nonhuman; structure analysis; surface property; tension; animal; biological model; cytoplasmic streaming; giant cell; metabolism; Actomyosin; Animals; Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; Cytoplasmic Streaming; Germ Cells; Giant Cells; Gonads; Models, Biological; Myosins
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/174197
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1038/s41467-018-07149-2