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The fibroblasts were checked for their spindle shaped morphology (passage one) and used for future experiments.
First, cohesion close to the centromere facilitates bi-orientation of chromosomes, such that each chromosome becomes attached to the two poles of the spindle [6].
Kinesins having these domain may be involved in actin-MT cooperation during processes such as vesicle and organelle transport, spindle rotation and nuclear migration [ 65].
Ndc10 forms part of a structure known as the kinetochore, which forms around the centromere and is responsible for the attachment to the spindle; establishment and maintenance of cohesion at pericentric regions may therefore rely on both the centromere sequence and kinetochore function [13,20].
ASPM encodes a protein involved in spindle formation, so it is tempting to think that changes in its sequence might result in an increased rate of cell division and hence brain size.