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Scheme of elasticity-based passive nucleokinesis of newborn daughter cells.
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posted on 2018-04-20, 17:36 authored by Tomoyasu Shinoda, Arata Nagasaka, Yasuhiro Inoue, Ryo Higuchi, Yoshiaki Minami, Kagayaki Kato, Makoto Suzuki, Takefumi Kondo, Takumi Kawaue, Kanako Saito, Naoto Ueno, Yugo Fukazawa, Masaharu Nagayama, Takashi Miura, Taiji Adachi, Takaki MiyataProgression of mitosis through actomyosin-based narrowing of the basal process causes lateral expansion/pushing by the M-phase cell’s soma (red arrow) and deformation of the subapical space that is elastic (blue arrow). Newborn daughter cells’ basalward nucleokinesis is assisted by a restoring force (red arrow) of the deformed subapical space (see also S4H Fig).
