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Integrating Functions at the Kinetochore [PDF]
Cell, 2002 Kinetochore components have catalytic as well as structural activities. New evidence illustrates how these proteins integrate spindle morphogenesis with regulation of the timing and accuracy of chromosome segregation.
Shimoda, Soni L., Solomon, Frank
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eLife, 2023 At each cell division, nanometer-scale components self-organize to build a micron-scale spindle. In mammalian spindles, microtubule bundles called kinetochore-fibers attach to chromosomes and focus into spindle poles.
Manuela Richter +5 more
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Establishment of the vertebrate kinetochores [PDF]
Chromosome Research, 2012 The centromere is essential for accurate chromosome segregation during mitosis and meiosis to achieve transmission of genetic information to daughter cells. To facilitate accurate chromosome segregation, the centromere serves several specific functions, including microtubule binding, spindle-checkpoint control, and sister chromatid cohesion.
Tetsuya, Hori, Tatsuo, Fukagawa
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Ybp2 associates with the central kinetochore of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and mediates proper mitotic progression. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 The spindle checkpoint ensures the accurate segregation of chromosomes by monitoring the status of kinetochore attachment to microtubules. Simultaneous mutations in one of several kinetochore and cohesion genes and a spindle checkpoint gene cause a ...
Kentaro Ohkuni +4 more
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eLife, 2019 Lagging chromosome is a hallmark of aneuploidy arising from errors in the kinetochore–spindle attachment in animal cells. However, kinetochore components and cellular phenotypes associated with kinetochore dysfunction are much less explored in plants ...
Elena Kozgunova +2 more
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Exploring Plant Meiosis: Insights from the Kinetochore Perspective
Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 2023 The central player for chromosome segregation in both mitosis and meiosis is the macromolecular kinetochore structure, which is assembled by >100 structural and regulatory proteins on centromere DNA.
Kang-Di Zhou +8 more
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A TOGgle for Tension at Kinetochores [PDF]
Cell, 2016 Differential stability of kinetochore-microtubule attachments at low versus high tension is critical for accurate chromosome segregation. Miller et al. find that a TOG domain microtubule-binding protein imparts intrinsic tension selectivity to kinetochore-microtubule attachments.
Dhanya K, Cheerambathur +2 more
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Tension Management in the Kinetochore [PDF]
Current Biology, 2010 The kinetochore is the protein machine built at the centromere that integrates mechanical force and chemical energy from dynamic microtubules into directed chromosome motion. The kinetochore also provides a powerful signaling function that is able to alter the properties of the spindle checkpoint and initiate a signal transduction cascade that leads to
Bloom, Kerry, Yeh, Elaine
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Molecular basis of outer kinetochore assembly on CENP-T
eLife, 2016 Stable kinetochore-microtubule attachment is essential for cell division. It requires recruitment of outer kinetochore microtubule binders by centromere proteins C and T (CENP-C and CENP-T).
Pim J Huis in 't Veld +8 more
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The life and miracles of kinetochores [PDF]
The EMBO Journal, 2009 Kinetochores are large protein assemblies built on chromosomal loci named centromeres. The main functions of kinetochores can be grouped under four modules. The first module, in the inner kinetochore, contributes a sturdy interface with centromeric chromatin. The second module, the outer kinetochore, contributes a microtubule-binding interface.
Santaguida, Stefano, Musacchio, Andrea
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