polar microtubule

id: GO:0005827
name: polar microtubule
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Any of the spindle microtubules that come from each pole and overlap at the spindle midzone. This interdigitating structure consisting of antiparallel microtubules is responsible for pushing the poles of the spindle apart.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0005876spindle microtubule