This Week in PLoS: Sep 16, 2008

Sep 16, 2008

In work published today in PLoS Biology, scientists at Cambridge's Gurdon Institute performed a genome-wide RNAi screen in Drosophila to identify proteins necessary for centriole duplication and mitotic PCM recruitment. Of the 92 percent of the genome covered, they hit 32 genes involved in centrosome function, including those for centriole duplication, centrosome maturation, and regulation of centrosome separation.

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