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Mechanism Of Regulation Of Kinesins Eg5 And Kif15 By Tpx2, Sai Keshavan Balchand Mar 2018

Mechanism Of Regulation Of Kinesins Eg5 And Kif15 By Tpx2, Sai Keshavan Balchand

Doctoral Dissertations

Cell division is the fundamental process by which the replicated genetic material is faithfully segregated to form two identical daughter cells. The mitotic spindle is the macromolecular cytoskeletal structure that is built during every round of cell division to successfully separate the duplicated genome equally into the daughter cells. Errors in spindle formation can thus causegenetic aberrations and can potentially lead to cancer. Understanding the mechanisms that govern proper spindle assembly and function is thus important. Eg5 and Kif15 are two important kinesins which play a major role in establishing and maintaining bipolarity of the mitotic spindle. Both Eg5 and …