Cytokinesis: the central spindle takes center stage.
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.
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University of Massachusetts Medical School, Biotech 4, 377 Plantation Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA. dannel.mccollum@umassmed.edu
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