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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …