Microneedle-based analysis of the micromechanics of the metaphase spindle assembled in Xenopus laevis egg extracts.

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Published in Nat Protoc on April 26, 2012

Authors

Yuta Shimamoto1, Tarun M Kapoor

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.

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