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Live Imaging of Drosophila Larval Neuroblasts
Published on: July 7, 2014
Spindle regulation in neural precursors of flies and mammals
Joshua J Buchman1, Li-Huei Tsai
1Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Abstract:
The mitotic spindle is the cellular scaffold that facilitates proper segregation of genetic material during cell division. Far from being static, the spindle is a dynamically regulated tool that can alter its size, shape and position during mitosis. Work in both insect and vertebrate systems has shown that regulation of this structure involves an array of highly conserved proteins. Moreover, it is now clear that tight regulation of the spindle during the process of neurogenesis is paramount to proper cell division and generation of the nervous system as a whole.
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