Spindle Experiment (video)

Simons Foundation

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Caption

Bleached lines in a mixture of microtubules and motors show how microtubules moving in opposite directions glide past each other. All microtubules move at top speed, even those not actively propelled forward.

Credit

S. Fürthauer et al./ Nature Physics 2019

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