In cell biology, the centrosome (Latin centrum 'center' + Greek sōma 'body') (archaically cytocentre) is an organelle that serves as the main microtubule...
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Centrosomes are the major microtubule organizing centers (MTOC) in mammalian cells. Failure of centrosome regulation can cause mistakes in chromosome...
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Microtubule (section Centrosomes)
nucleated and organized by microtubule-organizing centres, such as the centrosome found in the center of many animal cells or the basal bodies of cilia...
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Microtubule organizing center (category Centrosome)
are 1) the basal bodies associated with cilia and flagella and 2) the centrosome associated with spindle formation. Microtubule-organizing centers function...
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kinesin and dynein molecular motors, condensed chromosomes, and any centrosomes or asters that may be present at the spindle poles depending on the cell...
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An aster is a cellular structure shaped like a star, consisting of a centrosome and its associated microtubules during the early stages of mitosis in an...
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microtubules begin at each centrosome and join at the equator of the dividing cell. They push against one another, causing each centrosome to move further apart...
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This protein localizes to the centrosome and recruits proteins to the pericentriolar matrix (PCM) to ensure proper centrosome and mitotic spindle formation...
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Prophase (section Movement of centrosomes)
in animal cells, centrosomes move far enough apart to be resolved using a light microscope. Microtubule activity in each centrosome is increased due to...
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each other, the single centrosome split into two centrosomes located in the interphase between the pronuclei. Then the centrosome via the astral microtubules...
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