Bipolar meiotic spindle formation without chromatin
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Bipolar meiotic spindle formation without chromatin
Establishing a bipolar spindle is an early event of mitosis or meiosis. In somatic cells, the bipolarity of the spindle is predetermined by the presence of two centrosomes in prophase. Interactions between the microtubules nucleated by centrosomes and the chromosomal kinetochores enable the formation of the spindle. Non-specific chromatin is sufficient, however, to promote spindle assembly in X...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00516-7