[HTML][HTML] A molecular view of kinetochore assembly and function

A Musacchio, A Desai - Biology, 2017 - mdpi.com
Kinetochores are large protein assemblies that connect chromosomes to microtubules of the
mitotic and meiotic spindles in order to distribute the replicated genome from a mother cell to …

The four causes: the functional architecture of centromeres and kinetochores

AD McAinsh, AL Marston - Annual review of genetics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling a risk classification of aneuploidy in human embryos using non-invasive morphokinetics

A Campbell, S Fishel, N Bowman, S Duffy… - Reproductive …, 2013 - Elsevier
This study determined whether morphokinetic variables between aneuploid and euploid
embryos differ as a potential aid to select euploid embryos for transfer. Following …

Structure of the inner kinetochore CCAN complex assembled onto a centromeric nucleosome

K Yan, J Yang, Z Zhang, SH McLaughlin, L Chang… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, accurate chromosome segregation in mitosis and meiosis maintains genome
stability and prevents aneuploidy. Kinetochores are large protein complexes that, by …

Insights from biochemical reconstitution into the architecture of human kinetochores

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 …

Higher-order protein assembly controls kinetochore formation

GB Sissoko, EV Tarasovetc, O Marescal… - Nature cell …, 2024 - nature.com
To faithfully segregate chromosomes during vertebrate mitosis, kinetochore–microtubule
interactions must be restricted to a single site on each chromosome. Prior work on pair-wise …

The composition, functions, and regulation of the budding yeast kinetochore

S Biggins - Genetics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Dynein–Dynactin–NuMA clusters generate cortical spindle-pulling forces as a multi-arm ensemble

M Okumura, T Natsume, MT Kanemaki, T Kiyomitsu - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
To position the mitotic spindle within the cell, dynamic plus ends of astral microtubules are
pulled by membrane-associated cortical force-generating machinery. However, in contrast to …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of the MIND complex defines a regulatory focus for yeast kinetochore assembly

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in the structural and functional characterization of kinetochores

ME Pesenti, JR Weir, A Musacchio - Current opinion in structural biology, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Kinetochores, large macromolecular assemblies, link chromosome to spindle
microtubules.•Kinetochores are crucially required for accurate chromosome segregation in …