title: Mitosis: FEAR pulls them apart.
abstract: The function of astral microtubules during mitosis is becoming the focus of increasing interest. A report published in this issue of Developmental Cell provides new insight into the complex and subtle regulation of these microtubules during anaphase.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Barral
mesh_terms: D064173:Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000502:physiology*; D043743:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C074860:CDC14 protein, S cerevisiae; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; C110443:KAR9 protein, S cerevisiae; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D043743:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes; D064173:Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases