Spindle apparatus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In cell biology, the spindle apparatus (also called spindle fibers ) is the structure that separates the chromosomes into the daughter cells during cell division. It is part of the cytoskeleton in...
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Mitosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mitosis is the process by which a eukaryotic cell separates the chromosomes in its cell nucleus into two identical sets in two daughter nuclei. It is generally followed immediately by cytokinesis, wh...
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The mitotic spindle forms. This is an array of spindle fibers, each containing ~20 microtubules. Microtubules are synthesized from tubulin monomers in the cytoplasm and grow out from each centrosome. ... Link to a discussion of the spindle checkpoint in the cell cycle.
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112 Chapter 6 Assembly of the Mitotic Spindle 2007 New Science Press Ltd Overview: The Mitotic Spindle 6-0 The spindle contains three classes of microtubules. Kinetochore microtubules connect the spindle poles to kinetochores on the sister chromatids;
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The GTPase Ran has a key role in nuclear import and export, mitotic spindle assembly and nuclear envelope formation. The cycling of Ran between its GTP- and GDP-bound forms is catalyzed by the chromatin-bound guanine nucleotide exchange factor RCC1 and the cytoplasmic Ran GTPase-activating protein RanGAP.
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A network of microtubules formed during prophase. Some microtubules attach to the centromeres (center) of the chromosomes and help draw the chromosomes apart during anaphase. ... Images: Sinauer Associates; By permission. From Online Biology Book Glossary property of Prof. Michael Farabe ... Search for Mitotic Spindle...
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mitotic spindle n. The fusiform figure characteristic of a dividing cell, consisting of microtubules, some of which become attached to each chromosome; Full article >>>; Bub3 is a conserved component of the mitotic spindle assembly complex.
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Immunofluorescence microscopy and drawings of yeast cells with developing buds show, at left, a cell with mutant Myo2p molecular motors (red) unable to unable to orient the mitotic spindle (green) and transfer genetic material to the bud, and, at right, a cell with functional molecular motors that have guided the...
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The mitotic spindle is a highly dynamic molecular machine composed of tubulin, motors, and other molecules. It assembles around the chromosomes and distributes the duplicated genome to the daughter cells during mitosis.
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A highly dynamic microtubule-based structure, the mitotic spindle, carries out the physical separation of the chromosomes to opposite poles of the cells and, moreover, determines the cell division cleavage plane.
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