Sunday, November 28, 2010

How cell replication proceeds - implications for nano machinery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101124171542.htm

"Asbury said, "Intact, functional kinetochores had not previously been isolated from any organism." The purification of the kinetochores allowed the research team to make the first direct measurements of coupling strength between individual kinetechore particles and dynamic microtubules."

"Asbury likened the stabilizing tension on the filament to a Chinese finger trap toy -- the harder you try to pull away, the stronger your knuckles are gripped."
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FRISH

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