Microtubule attachment and spindle assembly checkpoint signalling at the kinetochore

Author: Foley, E.A.; Kapoor, T.M.

Description: In eukaryotes, chromosome segregation during cell division is facilitated by the kinetochore, a multiprotein structure that is assembled on centromeric DNA. The kinetochore attaches chromosomes to spindle microtubules, modulates the stability of these attachments and relays the microtubule-binding status to the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC), a cell cycle surveillance pathway that delays chromosome segregation in response to unattached kinetochores. Recent studies are shaping current thinking on how each of these kinetochore-centred processes is achieved, and how their integration ensures faithful chromosome segregation, focusing on the essential roles of kinase-phosphatase signalling and the microtubule-binding KMN protein network.

Subject Headings: Cell Division; Chromosome Segregation; Humans; Kinetochores/metabolism; M Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints; Microtubule-Associated Proteins/metabolism; Microtubules/metabolism; Mitosis; Nuclear Proteins/metabolism; Signal Transduction; Spindle Apparatus/metabolism

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Publication year: 2013

Journal or book title: Nature Reviews. Molecular Cell Biology

Volume: 14

Issue: 1

Pages: 25-37

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Type: Journal Article

Serial number: 2256