title: Oriented Division: Using T-Junctions to Determine Direction.
abstract: Cell shape has long been thought to be the main cue for spindle positioning in mitotic cells, but new evidence suggests that, in the context of an epithelium, tricellular junctions encode positional information that helps orient mitotic spindles.
authors.affiliation: MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dimitracopoulos
authors.affiliation: MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
authors.forename: Maxine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.affiliation: MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Electronic address: b.baum@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Buzz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baum
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology*; D048430:Cell Shape / Q000502:physiology*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000502:physiology*