Tipping the spindle into the right position

The position of the mitotic spindle determines the cleavage plane in animal cells, but what controls spindle positioning? Kern et al. (2016. J. Cell Biol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201510117) demonstrate that the microtubule plus end–associated SKAP/Astrin complex participates in this process, p...

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Autores principales: Akhmanova, Anna, van den Heuvel, Sander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4862335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27138251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201604075
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Sumario:The position of the mitotic spindle determines the cleavage plane in animal cells, but what controls spindle positioning? Kern et al. (2016. J. Cell Biol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201510117) demonstrate that the microtubule plus end–associated SKAP/Astrin complex participates in this process, possibly by affecting dynein-dependent pulling forces exerted on the tips of astral microtubules.

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