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CLASP fluxes its mitotic muscles

Accurate chromosome segregation occurs during each cell division and is orchestrated by the dynamic microtubules of the mitotic spindle. Our understanding of this process has increased severalfold with the elucidation of the molecular components that coordinate microtubule flux.

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Figure 1: Microtubule dynamics during mitosis.
Figure 2: The molecular machinery driving microtubule flux.

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Walczak, C. CLASP fluxes its mitotic muscles. Nat Cell Biol 7, 5–7 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb0105-5

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