Spindle Poles
"Spindle Poles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The sites in a dividing cell where the minus ends of the spindle MICROTUBULES assemble and where the separated sister CHROMATIDS converge.
| Descriptor ID |
D064047
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.430.214.190.750.820.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Spindle Poles- Spindle Poles
- Pole, Spindle
- Poles, Spindle
- Spindle Pole
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Vargas E, McNally KP, Cortes DB, Panzica MT, Danlasky BM, Li Q, Maddox AS, McNally FJ. Spherical spindle shape promotes perpendicular cortical orientation by preventing isometric cortical pulling on both spindle poles during C. elegans female meiosis. Development. 2019 10 21; 146(20).
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McNally KP, Panzica MT, Kim T, Cortes DB, McNally FJ. A novel chromosome segregation mechanism during female meiosis. Mol Biol Cell. 2016 08 15; 27(16):2576-89.