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Resistance is futile: Centering forces yield for asymmetric cell division
1Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Biological Sciences, Eukaryotic Pathogen Innovation Center Faculty Scholar, Clemson University, Clemson, SC alper@clemson.edu.
Abstract:
Asymmetric cell division relies on microtubule-based forces to asymmetrically position the mitotic apparatus. In this issue, Sallé et al. (2019. J. Cell Biol. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201807102) use magnetic tweezers to induce asymmetric division in sea urchin zygotes, demonstrating that asymmetry could arise from a time-dependent weakening of centering forces.
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