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Centrioles actively auto-locate to opposite sides of the cell during mitosis
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Is it true that Centrioles actively auto-locate to opposite sides of the cell during mitosis?
No. Centrioles do not actively auto-locate to opposite sides of the cell by themselves; rather, motor proteins (such as kinesins) actively push them along microtubules.
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Wikipedia: Centriole. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centriole
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Wikipedia: Mitosis. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitosis
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Shows that kinesin-5 (motor proteins) mediates centrosome separation, disproving auto-location.
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Joukov, V., Walter, J., & Nicolo, A. D. (2014). The Cep192-organized Aurora A-Plk1 cascade is essential for centrosome cycle and bipolar spindle assembly. peer-reviewed literature. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2014.06.016
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