title: Mitosis, microtubules, and the matrix.
abstract: The mechanical events of mitosis depend on the action of microtubules and mitotic motors, but whether these spindle components act alone or in concert with a spindle matrix is an important question.
authors.affiliation: Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA. jmscholey@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Scholey
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000378:metabolism; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D004330:Drosophila; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D018386:Kinetochores / Q000378:metabolism; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology*; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D034521:Nuclear Matrix-Associated Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins; D034521:Nuclear Matrix-Associated Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C419556:skeletor protein, Drosophila