Kinetochore microtubule dynamics and the metaphase-anaphase transition.
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Kinetochore microtubule dynamics and the metaphase-anaphase transition
We have quantitatively studied the dynamic behavior of kinetochore fiber microtubules (kMTs); both turnover and poleward transport (flux) in metaphase and anaphase mammalian cells by fluorescence photoactivation. Tubulin derivatized with photoactivatable fluorescein was microinjected into prometaphase LLC-PK and PtK1 cells and allowed to incorporate to steady-state. A fluorescent bar was genera...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Biology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0021-9525,1540-8140
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.131.3.721