Asymmetric Microtubule Pushing Forces in Nuclear Centering
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Asymmetric Microtubule Pushing Forces in Nuclear Centering
Dynamic properties of microtubules contribute to the establishment of spatial order within cells. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, interphase cytoplasmic microtubules are organized into antiparallel bundles that attach to the nuclear envelope and are needed to position the nucleus at the geometric center of the cell. Here, we show that after the nucleus is displaced by cell centr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.054