Microtubule dynamics and behavior during the assembly and disassembly of mammalian mitotic spindles
The mitotic apparatus is composed of a complex, seemingly chaotic, but wonderfully organized compilation of cytoskeletal elements and motor proteins. Its task is to assure that each daughter cell receives a single copy of the genome. Microtubules are the biological polymers that make up the bipolar...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Language: | ENG |
Published: |
ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2005
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3179920 |