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The centromere is the attachment point of the kinetochore, a highly complex multiprotein structure on which microtubules of the mitotic spindle are immobilized. When all chromosomes are properly attached to the spindle, the kinetochore is responsible for the actual event of chromosome segregation. ...
When mitosis starts, charged proteins within the cell, or microtubules, form the mitotic spindle. The spindle is built on electric interaction between its building blocks. During division, the mitotic spindle segregates the chromosomes, pulling them in opposite directions. ...