C. elegans chromosomes connect to centrosomes by anchoring into the spindle network

A force-generating machinery maintains the spindle at the cell center during mitosis

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Chromatids segregate without centrosomes during Caenorhabditis elegans mitosis in a Ran- and CLASP-dependent manner

(2015) Wallis Nahaboo et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Direct kinetochore–spindle pole connections are not required for chromosome segregation

(2014) Vitali Sikirzhytski et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Force on spindle microtubule minus ends moves chromosomes

(2014) Mary Williard Elting et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Automated Stitching of Microtubule Centerlines across Serial Electron Tomograms

(2014) Britta Weber et al.   PLoS One

Physical basis of spindle self-organization

(2014) Jan Brugués et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Branching Microtubule Nucleation in Xenopus Egg Extracts Mediated by Augmin and TPX2

(2013) Sabine Petry et al.   CELL

Conserved and divergent features of kinetochores and spindle microtubule ends from five species

(2013) J. Richard McIntosh et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Nucleation and Transport Organize Microtubules in Metaphase Spindles

(2012) Jan Brugués et al.   CELL

Holocentric chromosomes: convergent evolution, meiotic adaptations, and genomic analysis

(2012) Daniël P. Melters et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

The Role of γ-Tubulin in Centrosomal Microtubule Organization

(2012) Eileen O'Toole et al.   PLoS One

Visualization of dynein-dependent microtubule gliding at the cell cortex: implications for spindle positioning

(2011) Eva M. Gusnowski et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Automated tracing of microtubules in electron tomograms of plastic embedded samples of Caenorhabditis elegans embryos

(2011) Britta Weber et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

A model of cytoplasmically driven microtubule-based motion in the single-celled Caenorhabditis elegans embryo

(2011) T. Shinar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The elegans of spindle assembly

(2010) Thomas Müller-Reichert et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Centrosome Size Sets Mitotic Spindle Length in Caenorhabditis elegans Embryos

(2010) Garrett Greenan et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Kinetochores Generate Microtubules with Distal Plus Ends: Their Roles and Limited Lifetime in Mitosis

(2010) Etsushi Kitamura et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

A computational model predicts Xenopus meiotic spindle organization

(2010) Rose Loughlin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A kinetochore-independent mechanism drives anaphase chromosome separation during acentrosomal meiosis

(2010) Julien Dumont et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Anastral Spindle Assembly: A Mathematical Model

(2009) Mark A. Hallen et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mitotic Microtubule Crosslinkers: Insights from Mechanistic Studies

(2009) Erwin J.G. Peterman et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Relative contributions of chromatin and kinetochores to mitotic spindle assembly

(2009) Christopher B. O'Connell et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Fast Microtubule Dynamics in Meiotic Spindles Measured by Single Molecule Imaging: Evidence That the Spindle Environment Does Not Stabilize Microtubules

(2009) Daniel J. Needleman et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Computer simulations predict that chromosome movements and rotations accelerate mitotic spindle assembly without compromising accuracy

(2009) R. Paul et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Augmin: a protein complex required for centrosome-independent microtubule generation within the spindle

(2008) Gohta Goshima et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY