Article
Spindle Positioning: Actin Mediates Pushing and Pulling
Current Biology
(2009)
Abstract
To divide asymmetrically, the mitotic spindle is moved from the cell center to the cortex, a process that requires astral microtubules and the microtubule-based motor dynein. New work examining spindle positioning in large oocytes shows that in these cells actin and actin polymerization plays a key role.
Disciplines
Publication Date
January 1, 2009
Publisher Statement
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.026
Citation Information
M Bezanilla and P Wadsworth. "Spindle Positioning: Actin Mediates Pushing and Pulling" Current Biology Vol. 19 Iss. 4 (2009) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/magdalena_bezanilla/7/