title: Chromosome segregation: spindle mechanics come to life.
abstract: Chromosome segregation is a mechanical process, and the spindle generates, and is subject to, mechanical force. A recent study probes how the mechanical architecture of the spindle allows it to maintain mechanical integrity despite these forces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Sophie_Dumont@hms.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dumont
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D020090:Chromosome Segregation; D004548:Elasticity; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D029867:Xenopus Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D029867:Xenopus Proteins