Mechanisms underlying spindle assembly and robustness

VA Valdez, L Neahring, S Petry… - Nature Reviews Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
The microtubule-based spindle orchestrates chromosome segregation during cell division.
Following more than a century of study, many components and pathways contributing to …

Control of microtubule organization and dynamics: two ends in the limelight

A Akhmanova, MO Steinmetz - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
Microtubules have fundamental roles in many essential biological processes, including cell
division and intracellular transport. They assemble and disassemble from their two ends …

Determining consistent prognostic biomarkers of overall survival and vascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma

O Menyhárt, Á Nagy, B Győrffy - Royal Society open …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Background: Potential prognostic biomarker candidates for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
are abundant, but their generalizability is unexplored. We cross-validated markers of overall …

Whole-genome doubling confers unique genetic vulnerabilities on tumour cells

RJ Quinton, A DiDomizio, MA Vittoria, K Kotýnková… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Whole-genome doubling (WGD) is common in human cancers, occurring early in
tumorigenesis and generating genetically unstable tetraploid cells that fuel tumour …

Mitotic spindle assembly in animal cells: a fine balancing act

SL Prosser, L Pelletier - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2017 - nature.com
The mitotic spindle has a crucial role in ensuring the accurate segregation of chromosomes
into the two daughter cells during cell division, which is paramount for maintaining genome …

Kinesins and cancer

O Rath, F Kozielski - Nature reviews cancer, 2012 - nature.com
Kinesins are a family of molecular motors that travel unidirectionally along microtubule
tracks to fulfil their many roles in intracellular transport or cell division. Over the past few …

The kinetochore

IM Cheeseman - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2014 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
A critical requirement for mitosis is the distribution of genetic material to the two daughter
cells. The central player in this process is the macromolecular kinetochore structure, which …

[HTML][HTML] Overexpression of kinesin superfamily members as prognostic biomarkers of breast cancer

TF Li, HJ Zeng, Z Shan, RY Ye, TY Cheang… - Cancer cell …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Kinesin superfamily (KIFs) has a long-reported significant influence on
the initiation, development, and progress of breast cancer. However, the prognostic value of …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of chromosome congression during mitosis

H Maiato, AM Gomes, F Sousa, M Barisic - Biology, 2017 - mdpi.com
Chromosome congression during prometaphase culminates with the establishment of a
metaphase plate, a hallmark of mitosis in metazoans. Classical views resulting from more …

[HTML][HTML] The spatial arrangement of chromosomes during prometaphase facilitates spindle assembly

V Magidson, CB O'Connell, J Lončarek, R Paul… - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
Error-free chromosome segregation requires stable attachment of sister kinetochores to the
opposite spindle poles (amphitelic attachment). Exactly how amphitelic attachments are …