Chromosome movement: Dynein-out at the kinetochore

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Banks, JD [1 ]
Heald, R [1 ]
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[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Mol & Cell Biol, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00059-8
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Cell biologists have long speculated that a minus end-directed motor localized at kinetochores contributes to the poleward movement of chromosomes during mitosis. Two recent studies provide direct evidence that cytoplasmic dynein can perform this function.
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