The author is at Laboratoire de Génétique et de Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Versailles, 45 Avenue des Etats Unis, CNRS (FRE-2445), Versailles, France.
delphine.sitterlin@genetique.uvsq.fr
RNA is present in a large complex containing the Rae1 protein, which promotes centrosome-independent spindle assembly in Xenopus laevis egg extracts. Because this activity does not require translation, it suggests a direct role for RNA during cell division.
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