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Table 4 Effect of Calyculin A on anaphase chromosome movements in actin filament-free spindles

From: Calyculin A, an enhancer of myosin, speeds up anaphase chromosome movement

  

# of half-bivalent pairs followed

  

Initial anaphase movement

Effect of CalA

Treatment

# of cells

total

normal anaphase

slower* anaphase

accelerated after CalA

slowed or stopped after CalA

immediately backwards

backwards

1st – LatB in prometaphase

2nd – CalA in anaphase

5

11

6

5

4

1

6

3

  1. * Slower anaphase refers to separation velocities of less than 0.3 μm/min [101,110,112]