Evidence is presented for dynamic cortical association of dynein and dynactin in mammalian cells and its regulation by Plk1, astral microtubules, and the cell cycle. The asymmetric spindle positioning in LLC-Pk1 cells and its correction by dynein and dynactin provide a new system for analysis of spindle position and symmetric cell division.
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