Nuclear envelope: torn apart at mitosis.

Gönczy P

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00781-9

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Nuclear envelope: torn apart at mitosis.

Gönczy P ISREC (Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research), 155, ch. des Boveresses, CH-1066, Epalinges/Lausanne, Switzerland. Pierre.Gonczy@isrec.unil.ch

2002-04-09

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Current biology : CB. - 2002

Microtubule-Associated Proteins

English The findings of two recent studies suggest a novel mechanism for nuclear envelope breakdown in which cytoplasmic dynein anchored on the outside of the nucleus generates tension, thus triggering tearing of the nuclear envelope.

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