A molecular view of kinetochore assembly and function

A Musacchio, A Desai - Biology, 2017 - mdpi.com
Kinetochores are large protein assemblies that connect chromosomes to microtubules of the
mitotic and meiotic spindles in order to distribute the replicated genome from a mother cell to …

The four causes: the functional architecture of centromeres and kinetochores

AD McAinsh, AL Marston - Annual review of genetics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Kinetochores are molecular machines that power chromosome segregation during the
mitotic and meiotic cell divisions of all eukaryotes. Aristotle explains how we think we have …

Leveraging machine learning essentiality predictions and chemogenomic interactions to identify antifungal targets

C Fu, X Zhang, AO Veri, KR Iyer, E Lash, A Xue… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Fungal pathogens pose a global threat to human health, with Candida albicans among the
leading killers. Systematic analysis of essential genes provides a powerful strategy to …

Structure of the MIS12 complex and molecular basis of its interaction with CENP-C at human kinetochores

A Petrovic, J Keller, Y Liu, K Overlack, J John… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Kinetochores, multisubunit protein assemblies, connect chromosomes to spindle
microtubules to promote chromosome segregation. The 10-subunit KMN assembly …

Direct binding of Cenp-C to the Mis12 complex joins the inner and outer kinetochore

E Screpanti, A De Antoni, GM Alushin, A Petrovic… - Current Biology, 2011 - cell.com
Kinetochores are proteinaceous scaffolds implicated in the formation of load-bearing
attachments of chromosomes to microtubules during mitosis. Kinetochores contain distinct …

Insights from biochemical reconstitution into the architecture of human kinetochores

JR Weir, AC Faesen, K Klare, A Petrovic, F Basilico… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Chromosomes are carriers of genetic material and their accurate transfer from a mother cell
to its two daughters during cell division is of paramount importance for life. Kinetochores are …

The composition, functions, and regulation of the budding yeast kinetochore

S Biggins - Genetics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The propagation of all organisms depends on the accurate and orderly segregation of
chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis. Budding yeast has long served as an outstanding …

CENP-T proteins are conserved centromere receptors of the Ndc80 complex

A Schleiffer, M Maier, G Litos, F Lampert… - Nature cell …, 2012 - nature.com
Centromeres direct the assembly of kinetochores, microtubule-attachment sites that allow
chromosome segregation on the mitotic spindle. Fundamental differences in size and …

Structure of the MIND complex defines a regulatory focus for yeast kinetochore assembly

YN Dimitrova, S Jenni, R Valverde, Y Khin… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Kinetochores connect centromeric nucleosomes with mitotic-spindle microtubules through
conserved, cross-interacting protein subassemblies. In budding yeast, the heterotetrameric …

Spindle assembly checkpoint: the third decade

A Musacchio - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The spindle assembly checkpoint controls cell cycle progression during mitosis,
synchronizing it with the attachment of chromosomes to spindle microtubules. After the …