TABLE 1.

Processes involving dynein in C. elegans one-cell embryos.

Processes (*1)	Localization of dynein in action	Other subunit involved	Accessory proteins involved	References
Oocyte meiotic spindle formation				Gonczy et al., 1999
Attachment of the centrosomes to the sperm pronucleus	Nuclear surface		ZYG-12, SUN-1	Gonczy et al., 1999; Malone et al., 2003
Centrosome separation	Nuclear surface, Cell cortex		ZYG-12, SUN-1, GPA-16, GOA-1	Gonczy et al., 1999; Malone et al., 2003; De Simone et al., 2018
Oocyte pronuclear migration	Nuclear surface	DNC-1, DNC-2	ZYG-12, SUN-1	Skop and White, 1998; Gonczy et al., 1999
Sperm pronuclear migration and centering	Cytoplasm, Cell cortex (*2)	DNC-1, DNC-2, DYRB-1 LIS-1/NudE	ZYG-12, SUN-1, RILP-1	Skop and White, 1998; Gonczy et al., 1999; Cockell et al., 2004; Kimura and Onami, 2005; Goulding et al., 2007; Kimura and Kimura, 2011
Nuclear rotation	Cell cortex, Cytoplasm	DNC-1, DNC-2		Skop and White, 1998; Gonczy et al., 1999; Kimura and Onami, 2007
Mitotic spindle formation		LIS-1/NudE	SPDL-1, Rod/Zwilch/Zw10	Gassmann et al., 2008; Simoes et al., 2018
Spindle displacement	Cell cortex	DYRB-1	PAR-2, PAR-3, GPA-16, GOA-1, GPR-1, GPR-2, LIN-5	Grill et al., 2001; Colombo et al., 2003; Couwenbergs et al., 2007; Nguyen-Ngoc et al., 2007; Fielmich et al., 2018
Spindle rocking	Cell cortex		GPA-16, GOA-1, GPR-1, GPR-2
Spindle elongation	Cell cortex		GPA-16, GOA-1, GPR-1, GPR-2

*1, In temporal order; *2, Antagonistic role, see text.