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Mitotic spindle

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noun

The collective term for all the spindle fibers that form during mitosis. It is a spindle-shaped structure that develops outside the nucleus during mitosis. The fibers that constitute the mitotic spindle pull the chromatids apart toward opposite poles.


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Synonym: mitotic apparatus

See also: meiotic spindle


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Colchicine

well the mitotic spindle is formed by microtubuli, so maybe you can search for chemical that block microtubulus-polymerisation.

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by sdekivit
Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:36 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Colchicine
Replies: 15
Views: 2291

what is integrin????

... region on the centromere that linkes each sister chromatid to the mitotic spindle. i would add that the kinetocore is a protein structure, it is not part of the chromosome ...

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by MrMistery
Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:57 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: what is integrin????
Replies: 6
Views: 829

plane of division

the position of metaphase DNA and mitotic spindle pose the cleavage furrow to the middle of the cells called midbody.

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by malignanttumor
Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:11 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: cytokinesis
Replies: 2
Views: 1174

mitosis

he means using different chemical substances that distroy the mitotic spindle. Colchicin is an example...

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by MrMistery
Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:56 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: mitosis
Replies: 3
Views: 827

what is depolymerisation

Are you referring to the desorganising of the mitotic spindle? That's made out of microtubules... Another thing might be dinamic instability, but that has ...

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by MrMistery
Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:47 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: what is depolymerisation
Replies: 5
Views: 683
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