Cell division: experiments and modelling unite to resolve the middle.
How does a cell find its middle? New experiments confirm that activating stable microtubules together with inhibitory dynamic microtubules are key ingredients. Quantitative modelling has now further scrutinised these ideas, yielding fresh insights into furrow positioning.
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Department of Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK. martin.howard@bbsrc.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology*; D045584:Chromosome Positioning; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism