Chromosome motors on the move: From motion to spindle checkpoint activity
AUTOR(ES)
Brunet, Stéphane
FONTE
Oxford University Press
RESUMO
Spindle assembly and chromosome segregation require the concerted activities of a variety of microtubule-dependent motors. This review focuses on our current knowledge of the roles played by the chromosome-associated motors during mitosis. While some appear to function conventionally in moving chromosomes along microtubules others seem to act in different ways. For example, by docking microtubules to chromosome arms, chromatin-associated motors prevent chromosome loss and participate in spindle formation and stability. Kinetochore motors participate in the formation of stable kinetochore fibers or in the control of microtubule dynamics and are involved in spindle checkpoint activity. Chromosome-associated motors thus appear to be key molecules that function in complementary ways to ensure the accuracy of chromosome segregation.
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http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1083995Documentos Relacionados
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