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Generation of GTP-bound Ran by RCC1 is required for chromatin-induced mitotic spindle formation.
Nature - 8 Jul 1999
Carazo-Salas R E, Guarguaglini G, Gruss O J, Segref A, Karsenti E, Mattaj I W
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Chromosomes are segregated by two antiparallel arrays of microtubules arranged to form the spindle apparatus. During cell division, the nucleation of cytosolic microtubules is prevented and spindle microtubules nucleate from centrosomes (in mitotic animal cells) or around chromosomes (in plants and some meiotic cells). The molecular mechanism by which chromosomes induce local microtubule nucleation in the absence...
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