Meiotic Spindle: Sculpted by Severing.
From: Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. Katharina_Ribbeck@hms.harvard.edu
Current biology : CB
- Publish Date: Nov 2006
- ISSN: 0960-9822
- Volume: 16
- Issue: 21
- Pages: R923-5
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Ribbeck Katharina, Mitchison Timothy J, et al. Meiotic Spindle: Sculpted by Severing.. Curr. Biol. Nov 2006;16:R923-5
Abstract
Katanin is a conserved AAA ATPase with the ability to sever microtubules, but its biological function in animal cells has been obscure. A recent study using electron tomography has found that katanin stimulates the production of microtubules in the meiotic spindles of Caenorhabditis elegans oocytes.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Adenosine Triphosphatases, Animals, Caenorhabditis elegans, Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, Meiosis, Microtubules, Oocytes
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