cytoplasmic determinant

The cytoplasmic determinant macho-1 was isolated as the necessary and sufficient factor for muscle cell formation.

P granules were identified as the cytoplasmic determinants.

The autonomous specification of C. elegans arises from different cytoplasmic determinants.

A cell specified autonomously will develop into a specific fate based upon cytoplasmic determinants with no regard to the environment the cell is in.

Asymmetric cell divisions can occur because of asymmetrically expressed maternal cytoplasmic determinants or because of signaling.

Moreover, because the development of the zygote depends on maternal characteristics, such as cytoplasmic determinants, the regulatory traits of the mother may not support the hybrid's developmental needs.

Other proteins that are likely to function as localized cytoplasmic determinants in the P1 lineage include SKN-1, PIE-1 and PAL-1.

SKN-1 is a cytoplasmic determinant that is localized in the P1 cell lineage and determines EMS cell fate.

The cell-intrinsic properties arise from a cleavage of a cell with asymmetrically expressed maternal cytoplasmic determinants (proteins, small regulatory RNAs and mRNA).