Nature Communications (Apr 2016)

Rab35 GTPase couples cell division with initiation of epithelial apico-basal polarity and lumen opening

  • Kerstin Klinkert,
  • Murielle Rocancourt,
  • Anne Houdusse,
  • Arnaud Echard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11166
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Establishment and maintenance of apico-basal polarity in epithelial organs needs to be tightly coupled with cell division. Here the authors show that the Rab35 GTPase tethers intracellular vesicles containing key apical determinants at the cleavage site, connecting cytokinesis to apico-basal polarity.