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Chromosome movement: kinetochores motor along
1Department of Biology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. asgrance@mit.edu; psorger@mit.edu
Current Biology : CB
|June 23, 1998
Abstract:
The equal division of chromosomes among daughter cells at mitosis involves a complex series of kinetochore-dependent chromosome movements. The kinetochore-associated CENP-E motor protein is critical for the sustained movement of chromosomes towards the metaphase plate during chromosome congression.