Mitosis, diffusible crosslinkers, and the ideal gas law

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Abstract

During mitosis, molecular motors hydrolyze ATP to generate sliding forces between adjacent microtubules and form the bipolar mitotic spindle. Lansky et al. now show that the diffusible microtubule crosslinker Ase1p can generate sliding forces between adjacent microtubules, and it does so without ATP hydrolysis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1041-1043
Number of pages3
JournalCell
Volume160
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 15 2015

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