Mitotic motors: kinesin-5 takes a brake.
Curr Biol
; 17(14): R544-7, 2007 Jul 17.
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| ID: mdl-17637353
ABSTRACT
A kinesin-5-dependent 'sliding filament' mechanism is commonly used to actively push apart the poles during mitotic spindle assembly and elongation, but a recent study now shows that, in C. elegans, kinesin-5 is deployed as a brake to slow down spindle-pole separation.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cinesinas
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Caenorhabditis elegans
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Mitosis
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Huso Acromático
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Año:
2007
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Article