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astral microtubule

Any of the spindle microtubules that radiate in all directions from the spindle poles and are thought to contribute to the forces that separate the… 
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2018
2018
Appendix for Centrosomal ALIX regulates mitotic spindle orientation by modulating astral microtubule dynamics
2015
2015
Cell shape impacts on the positioning of the mitotic spindle with respect to the substratum
Spindle confinement within the x-z plane occurs in cultured MDCK and HeLa cells due to incomplete cell rounding and yields… 
2015
2015
Yeast GSK-3 kinase regulates astral microtubule function via phosphorylation of the microtubule-stabilizing kinesin Kip 2
The S. cerevisiae kinesin Kip2 stabilises astral microtubules and facilitates spindle positioning through transport of… 
2011
2011
Long Astral Microtubules and RACK-1 Stabilize Polarity Domains during Maintenance Phase in Caenorhabditis elegans Embryos
Cell polarity is a very well conserved process important for cell differentiation, cell migration, and embryonic development… 
2010
2010
Actin-mediated Delivery of Astral Microtubules Instructs Kar9p Asymmetric Loading to the Bud-Ward Spindle Pole
We show that Kar9p polarity is instructed by a feedback loop that requires astral microtubules, actin cables, and Myo2p-based… 
2008
2008
Requirement of Aurora-A kinase in astral microtubule polymerization and spindle microtubule flux
Mitotic Aurora-A kinase was found to be required for formation of bipolar spindle, ensuring accurate chromosome segregation in… 
2001
2001
Single site alpha-tubulin mutation affects astral microtubules and nuclear positioning during anaphase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: possible role for palmitoylation of alpha-tubulin.
We generated a strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in which the sole source of alpha-tubulin protein has a cys-to-ser mutation at… 
1998
1998
One hundred years of centrioles: the Henneguy-Lenhossek theory, meeting report.
an international conference took place in the Lederle Graduate Research Tower of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, with… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Formation of the astral mitotic spindle: ultrastructural basis for the centrosome-kinetochore interaction.
1989
1989
Cytoskeletal interactions with post-mitotic migrating nuclei in the oyster mushroom fungus, Pleurotus ostreatus: evidence against a force-generating role for astral microtubules
Nuclei of Pleurotus ostreatus migrate in a highly predictable manner following conjugate mitosis at clamp connections. Parameters… 
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