Published 23 July 2001. doi:10.1083/jcb.200101097
© The Rockefeller University Press,
0021-9525/2001/7/261 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 154, Number 2, July 23, 2001 261-266
Mitosis, microtubules, and the matrix
Jonathan M. Scholey,
Gregory C. Rogers and
David J. Sharp
Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616
Address correspondence to Dr. Jonathan M. Scholey, Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Davis, 1 Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616. Tel.: (530) 752-2271. Fax: (530) 752-7522. E-mail: jmscholey{at}ucdavis.edu
Abstract
The mechanical events of mitosis depend on the action of microtubules and mitotic motors, but whether these spindle components act alone or in concert with a spindle matrix is an important question.

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