Metaphase Spindle Assembly
Laboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology, the Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
Biology 2017, 6(1), 8; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology6010008
Submission received: 3 October 2016
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Revised: 17 January 2017
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Accepted: 19 January 2017
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Published: 3 February 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechanisms of Mitotic Chromosome Segregation)
Abstract
A microtubule-based bipolar spindle is required for error-free chromosome segregation during cell division. In this review I discuss the molecular mechanisms required for the assembly of this dynamic micrometer-scale structure in animal cells.
Keywords:
mitosis; cell division; microtubules; kinesin; dynein; chromosome; metaphase
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