How a Cell's Mitotic Motors Direct Key Life Processes
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 05:56
in Biology & Nature
In a cleverly designed experiment, cell biologists have discovered how dyneins organize chromosome placement to prepare for cell division. The surprise finding suggests it's the motor domain of the nanoscale chemical engine, not the cargo domain as once believed, that directs pre-mitotic action.
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