title: Cytokinesis: the central spindle takes center stage.
abstract: The central spindle plays a key role in cytokinesis. Recent studies have shed new light on how assembly of the central spindle is regulated, and also support a role for both the central spindle and astral microtubules in cytokinesis in animal cells.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Biotech 4, 377 Plantation Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA. dannel.mccollum@umassmed.edu
authors.forename: Dannel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McCollum
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D048749:Cytokinesis / Q000502:physiology*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins