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6683772

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-9-23
pubmed:abstractText
We present a model that attempts to explain some aspects of cytokinesis in animal cells. We propose two separate phases of cytokinesis. The first is not dependent on the presence of the mitotic apparatus and involves a general activation of cortical contractile elements resulting in the development of a surface tension. In the second phase the asters of the mitotic apparatus interact and modulate the activities of the tension generating elements in the cortex to produce gradients of surface tension with the highest values being at the equator. Tension generating elements are assumed to be free to move in the plane of the cortex so that they will consequently move up the gradient of tension and accumulate as an equatorial belt of oriented elements i.e. the contractile ring. The model was simulated on a computer and is capable of reproducing some of the wide variety of cleavage configurations that are observed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-5193
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
101
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
289-316
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
On the mechanisms of cytokinesis in animal cells.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article