The mitotic spindle, an apparatus that segregates chromosomes during cell division, may be more complex than the standard textbook picture suggests. Share: Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIN Email.

The mitotic spindle, an apparatus that segregates chromosomes during cell division, may be more complex than the standard textbook picture suggests, according to researchers at Harvard. A new ...

During cell division, the motor protein kinesin-5 hastens or retards microtubule sliding in the mitotic spindle, imparting forces that scale with the degree of microtubule overlap.

Bipolar spindles form from a monopolar initial condition; this is the most fundamental construction problem that the spindle must solve. We describe a physical model that exhibits de novo bipolar ...

To better understand the role of kinesin-8 proteins in mitosis, we have studied the effects of deletion of the fission-yeast kinesin-8 proteins Klp5 and Klp6 on chromosome movements and spindle length ...

Many millions of times per day, football-shaped structures called mitotic spindles form within the body’s cells as they prepare to divide. The process is routine but mysterious, as the micro-mechanics ...

Flip of mitotic spindle has disastrous consequences for epithelial cells. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 07 / 130721161401.htm ...

As division began, the mitotic spindle (which faithfully distributes chromosomes into each daughter cell) invariably oriented itself parallel to the apical surface of the epithelium.

Mitotic spindle: chromosomes in blue, microtubles in green. Wikimedia Commons/Afunguy. Chromosomes are allocated by the mitotic spindle, which is made up of many thin filaments called microtubules.