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C. elegans mitosis control with thermosensitive mutants
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An example using CherryTemp™ for fast and accurate temperature switch during microscopic observation.
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During C. elegans embryo division, the CYK-4 protein is required for the completion of cytokinesis (but not to form a furrow or initiate ingression). At the “permissive” 16°C temperature, the CYK-4 protein is functional but over 25°C it becomes inactivated. Such a mutant is called “thermosensitive”.
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Figure 1.
C. elegansCYK-4thermosensitive mutant embryoswere shifted from 16°C to 25°C. Dividing embryosat 16°C (blue bar) underwent cytokinesis arrest after shift to restrictive temperature (25°C, CYK-4 inactivation) (red bar). White arrows indicate cleavage furrow ingression and regression respectively.
Courtesy of Julien Dumont (Dumont lab, Institut Jacques Monod, France)
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