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Optineurin Localization at the Centrosome, Spindle, and Midbody Implies Its Role in Cell Division

Ankan Chakraborty1, Marie-Noelle Benassy2,3, Dominique Weil2,3

  • 1Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India.

Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.)
|August 29, 2025
PubMed
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Keywords:
cell divisioncentrosomemidbodymitotic spindleoptineurinpericentriolar matrixstructured illumination microscopy

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