Measurements of forces produced by the mitotic spindle using optical tweezers

An optical trap is used to stop chromosome movement in spermatocytes from an insect and a flatworm and to stop pole movement in PtK cells. The forces required are much smaller than previously believed.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Molecular Biology of the Cell

• Publication date

  2013-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Physics

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1091/mbc.E12-12-0901PMID 23485565PMCID 3639049
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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