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Steven's comment about using the word spindle has been very effective for me as well.— SSWUG.ORG Articles
Nucleation of microtubules is central to assembly of the mitotic spindle, which is required for each cell division. gamma-Tubulin is a universal component essential for microtubule nucleation from centrosomes.— CiteULike: Everyone's library
It has been proposed that, during prometaphase, the astral MT interaction with the cell cortex aligns the spindle with the cell axis [4] and also participates in a spindle orientation checkpoint (SOC), which delays entry into anaphase as long as the spindle is misaligned [5-7].— CiteULike: Everyone's library
Devo's ability to fold, spindle, and mutilate the Rolling Stones '"Satisfaction" into a brilliant, postmodern hiccup made something else crystalline clear: They were excellent musicians.
The tubulin monomers are dynamically redirected by the dividing cell to form the main component of the mitotic apparatus, the mitotic spindle, which is bounded by the centrosomes and begins to appear along the periphery of the nuclear membrane.

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