Not Just for Pulling Chromosomes: The Role of Kinetochore-Microtubules in Enforcing Bipolarity of the Human Mitotic Spindle

Two processes influence the success of mitosis, the process by which eukaryotic cells divide their replicated genome into two new daughter cells. First, the cell must build a bipolar array of microtubules called the mitotic spindle, which is accomplished by microtubule sliding by the Kinesin-5 Eg5;...

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Main Author: Gayek, Anna Sophia
Other Authors: Ryoma Ohi
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2016
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-03282016-121934/