Date and Time: |
2006-09-08 16:30:00 - 17:30:00 |
Speaker: |
Chris Wylie
Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation |
Title: |
Cortical actin; the early embryonic skeleton |
Summary : | Cortical actin controls the shape and rigidity of the early embryo. Our work in Xenopus has shown that it is assembled on transmembrane cadherins, and its assembly is controlled by intercellular signaling pathways. |