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. 2014 Apr 10;9(4):e93781. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093781

Figure 5. The pivoting motion of astral microtubules helps them to find cortical anchors.

Figure 5

When astral microtubules enter the daughter cell, they exhibit pivoting motion around the SPB. This motion may serve as a search mechanism for cortical anchors for dynein. Once the microtubule finds an anchor, dynein can be off-loaded and the spindle is pulled towards the daughter cell.