| Literature DB >> 17637353 |
Gul Civelekoglu-Scholey1, Jonathan M Scholey.
Abstract
A kinesin-5-dependent 'sliding filament' mechanism is commonly used to actively push apart the poles during mitotic spindle assembly and elongation, but a recent study now shows that, in C. elegans, kinesin-5 is deployed as a brake to slow down spindle-pole separation.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17637353 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.05.030
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834