Microtubules, made of the protein tubulin pull the chromosomes to the poles of a dividing cell during anaphase of mitosis. Microtubules are also present in cilia and flagella.
From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.
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