27 T ultra-high static magnetic field changes orientation and morphology of mitotic spindles in human cells

Purified microtubules have been shown to align along the static magnetic field (SMF) in vitro because of their diamagnetic anisotropy. However, whether mitotic spindle in mammalian cells can be aligned by magnetic field has not been experimentally proved. In particular, the biological effects of SMF...

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Main Authors: Lei Zhang, Yubin Hou, Zhiyuan Li, Xinmiao Ji, Ze Wang, Huizhen Wang, Xiaofei Tian, Fazhi Yu, Zhenye Yang, Li Pi, Timothy J Mitchison, Qingyou Lu, Xin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-02-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/22911