Poleward kinetochore fiber movement occurs during both metaphase and anaphase-A in newt lung cell mitosis.

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Published in J Cell Biol on November 01, 1992

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T J Mitchison1, E D Salmon

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1: Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0450.

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