| Title | A tense time for the nuclear envelope |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | Aitchison JD, Rout MP |
| Journal | Cell |
| Volume | 108 |
| Pagination | 301-4 |
| Date Published | Feb 8 |
| PMID | 11853664 |
| Keywords | *Mitosis, Animals, Humans, Microtubules/*physiology, Nuclear Envelope/*physiology, Nuclear Proteins/physiology, Phosphorylation, Protein Folding |
| Abstract | When many cells divide, the nuclear envelope poses a problem: the spindle microtubules can't access the chromosomes. Two recent papers in Cell describe how the spindle solves this problem by literally pulling open the nucleus at the beginning of mitosis. |
| Alternate Journal | Cell |
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