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Live Cell Imaging to Assess the Dynamics of Metaphase Timing and Cell Fate Following Mitotic Spindle Perturbations
Published on: September 20, 2019
The centrosome opens the way to mitosis
1Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QR United Kingdom. r.basto@gurdon.cam.ac.uk
Abstract:
During mitosis, the interaction between chromosomes and microtubules requires nuclear envelope disassembly in prophase. Two articles in this issue of Developmental Cell show that centrosomes have a role in promoting nuclear envelope breakdown (Hachet et al., 2007; Portier et al., 2007). Surprisingly, the role of the centrosome in this process is independent of its role as a microtubule nucleation organelle. Instead, the centrosome seems to act as a spatial regulator for the activation of the Aurora A kinase.
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