Nucleation and Transport Organize Microtubules in Metaphase Spindles
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Nucleation and Transport Organize Microtubules in Metaphase Spindles
Spindles are arrays of microtubules that segregate chromosomes during cell division. It has been difficult to validate models of spindle assembly due to a lack of information on the organization of microtubules in these structures. Here we present a method, based on femtosecond laser ablation, capable of measuring the detailed architecture of spindles. We used this method to study the metaphase...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0092-8674
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.03.027