Principles and dynamics of spindle assembly checkpoint signalling

AD McAinsh, GJPL Kops - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
The transmission of a complete set of chromosomes to daughter cells during cell division is
vital for development and tissue homeostasis. The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) …

Aneuploidy in mammalian oocytes and the impact of maternal ageing

C Charalambous, A Webster, M Schuh - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
During fertilization, the egg and the sperm are supposed to contribute precisely one copy of
each chromosome to the embryo. However, human eggs frequently contain an incorrect …

[HTML][HTML] Spindle assembly checkpoint activation and silencing at kinetochores

P Lara-Gonzalez, J Pines, A Desai - Seminars in cell & developmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) is a surveillance mechanism that promotes
accurate chromosome segregation in mitosis. The checkpoint senses the attachment state of …

The molecular biology of spindle assembly checkpoint signaling dynamics

A Musacchio - Current biology, 2015 - cell.com
The spindle assembly checkpoint is a safeguard mechanism that coordinates cell-cycle
progression during mitosis with the state of chromosome attachment to the mitotic spindle …

Signalling dynamics in the spindle checkpoint response

N London, S Biggins - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2014 - nature.com
The spindle checkpoint ensures proper chromosome segregation during cell division.
Unravelling checkpoint signalling has been a long-standing challenge owing to the …

Mitotic disassembly and reassembly of nuclear pore complexes

U Kutay, R Jühlen, W Antonin - Trends in Cell Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are huge protein assemblies within the nuclear envelope
(NE) that serve as selective gates for macromolecular transport between nucleus and …

Joined at the hip: kinetochores, microtubules, and spindle assembly checkpoint signaling

C Sacristan, GJPL Kops - Trends in cell biology, 2015 - cell.com
Error-free chromosome segregation relies on stable connections between kinetochores and
spindle microtubules. The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) monitors such connections …

Basis of catalytic assembly of the mitotic checkpoint complex

AC Faesen, M Thanasoula, S Maffini, C Breit, F Müller… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
In mitosis, for each daughter cell to inherit an accurate copy of the genome from the mother
cell, sister chromatids in the mother cell must attach to microtubules emanating from …

Nuclear pores promote lethal prostate cancer by increasing POM121-driven E2F1, MYC, and AR nuclear import

V Rodriguez-Bravo, R Pippa, WM Song… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) regulate nuclear-cytoplasmic transport, transcription, and
genome integrity in eukaryotic cells. However, their functional roles in cancer remain poorly …

The molecular origins and pathophysiological consequences of micronuclei: New insights into an age-old problem

X Guo, J Ni, Z Liang, J Xue, MF Fenech… - … Research/Reviews in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Micronuclei (MN), the small nucleus-like bodies separated from the primary nucleus, can
exist in cells with numerical and/or structural chromosomal aberrations in apparently normal …