Spindle Elongation (VIDEO)

Ruđer Bošković Institute

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Spindle elongation depends on the joint activity of the motor EG5/kinesin-5 and the microtubule crosslinker PRC1. Without them, elongation is completely blocked, which is visible from this movie with chromosomes stained by SiR-DNA and color-coded for depth.

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Toli? Lab

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