title: Tipping the spindle into the right position.
abstract: The position of the mitotic spindle determines the cleavage plane in animal cells, but what controls spindle positioning? Kern et al. (2016. J. Cell Biol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201510117) demonstrate that the microtubule plus end-associated SKAP/Astrin complex participates in this process, possibly by affecting dynein-dependent pulling forces exerted on the tips of astral microtubules.
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akhmanova
authors.affiliation: Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Sander
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van den Heuvel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004398:Dyneins; D008870:Microtubules; D008941:Spindle Apparatus
chemical_list: D004398:Dyneins