Microtubules (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Microtubules

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During cell division, microtubules (red) dynamically lengthen and shorten to pull chromosomes to either end of the cell.

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Lawrence Ruben Laboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology at The Rockefeller University

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