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spindle midzone

Known as: central spindle, spindle equator 
The area in the center of the spindle where the spindle microtubules from opposite poles overlap. [GOC:ai, PMID:15296749]
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2012
Review
2012
Microtubule assembly during mitosis – from distinct origins to distinct functions?
Summary The mitotic spindle is structurally and functionally defined by its main component, the microtubules (MTs). The MTs… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Kip3, the yeast kinesin-8, is required for clustering of kinetochores at metaphase
In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, chromosome congression clusters kinetochores on either side of the spindle equator at metaphase… 
2006
2006
The mushroom body defect Gene Product Is an Essential Component of the Meiosis II Spindle Apparatus in Drosophila Oocytes
In addition to their well-known effects on the development of the mushroom body, mud mutants are also female sterile. Here we… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Drosophila citron kinase is required for the final steps of cytokinesis.
The mechanisms underlying completion of cytokinesis are still poorly understood. Here, we show that the Drosophila orthologue of… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Molecular dynamics of Aurora-A kinase in living mitotic cells simultaneously visualized with histone H3 and nuclear membrane protein importinalpha.
Aurora-A is known to be a mitotic kinase required for spindle assembly. We constructed a human stable cell-line in which Aurora-A… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Autoantibodies to a novel cell cycle-regulated protein that accumulates in the nuclear matrix during S phase and is localized in the kinetochores and spindle midzone during mitosis.
We have employed human autoantibodies to characterize a novel cell cycle-regulated nuclear protein, provisionally designated… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Simulation testing of mechanisms for inducing the formation of the contractile ring in cytokinesis
There is persuasive evidence that the role of the mitotic apparatus (MA) in cytokinesis is to control the location of the… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
On the mechanism of anaphase spindle elongation in Diatoma vulgare
Central spindles from five dividing cells (one metaphase, three anaphase, and one telophase) of Diatoma vulgare were… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Spindle and kinetochore morphology of Dictyostelium discoideum
The metaphase spindle of haploid Dictyostelium discoideum (n = 7) is 2 mum long. It consists of some 20 microtubules which seem… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Changes in nuclear structure during binary fission in the ciliate Nassula.
During binary fission intranuclear spindles are formed in the three micronuclei and in the macronucleus. The nuclear envelopes… 
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