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A cytoplasmic dynein required for mitotic aster formation in vivo.
Journal of cell science - 1 Sept 1998
Inoue S, Yoder O C, Turgeon B G, Aist J R
Abstract excerpt
An astral pulling force helps to elongate the mitotic spindle in the filamentous ascomycete, Nectria haematococca. Evidence is mounting that dynein is required for the formation of mitotic spindles and asters. Obviously, this would be an important mitotic function of dynein, since it would be a prerequisite for astral force to be applied to a spindle pole. Missing from the evidence for such a role of dynein in...
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