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DEVELOPMENTAL CELL
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 81-93Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.12.001
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council PhD studentship
- Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund [WT097835MF]
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [966465] Funding Source: researchfish
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The mitotic spindle is defined by its organized, bipolar mass of microtubules, which drive chromosome alignment and segregation. Although different cells have been shown to use different molecular pathways to generate the microtubules required for spindle formation, how these pathways are coordinated within a single cell is poorly understood. We have tested the limits within which the Drosophila embryonic spindle forms, disrupting the inherent temporal control that overlays mitotic microtubule generation, interfering with the molecular mechanism that generates new microtubules from preexisting ones, and disrupting the spatial relationship between microtubule nucleation and the usually dominant centrosome. Our work uncovers the possible routes to spindle formation in embryos and establishes the central role of Augmin in all microtubule-generating pathways. It also demonstrates that the contributions of each pathway to spindle formation are integrated, highlighting the remarkable flexibility with which cells can respond to perturbations that limit their capacity to generate microtubules.
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