The chromosomal passenger complex (CPC): from easy rider to the godfather of mitosis

M Carmena, M Wheelock, H Funabiki… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2012 - nature.com
Successful cell division requires the precise and timely coordination of chromosomal,
cytoskeletal and membrane trafficking events. These processes are regulated by the …

Aurora kinase B inhibition: a potential therapeutic strategy for cancer

NA Borah, MM Reddy - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aurora kinase B (AURKB) is a mitotic serine/threonine protein kinase that belongs to the
aurora kinase family along with aurora kinase A (AURKA) and aurora kinase C (AURKC) …

The Aurora B kinase in chromosome bi-orientation and spindle checkpoint signaling

V Krenn, A Musacchio - Frontiers in oncology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Aurora B, a member of the Aurora family of serine/threonine protein kinases, is a key player
in chromosome segregation. As part of a macromolecular complex known as the …

On the road to cancer: aneuploidy and the mitotic checkpoint

GJPL Kops, BAA Weaver, DW Cleveland - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2005 - nature.com
Abnormal chromosome content—also known as aneuploidy—is the most common
characteristic of human solid tumours. It has therefore been proposed that aneuploidy …

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 …

Survivin: key regulator of mitosis and apoptosis and novel target for cancer therapeutics

AC Mita, MM Mita, ST Nawrocki, FJ Giles - Clinical cancer research, 2008 - AACR
Survivin, a member of the family of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins, functions as a key
regulator of mitosis and programmed cell death. Initially, survivin was described as an …

Histone H3 Thr-3 phosphorylation by Haspin positions Aurora B at centromeres in mitosis

F Wang, J Dai, JR Daum, E Niedzialkowska… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Aurora B is a component of the chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) required for correct
spindle-kinetochore attachments during chromosome segregation and for cytokinesis. The …

Chromosomal passengers: conducting cell division

S Ruchaud, M Carmena, WC Earnshaw - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2007 - nature.com
Mitosis and meiosis are remarkable processes during which cells undergo profound
changes in their structure and physiology. These events are orchestrated with a precision …

Stuck in division or passing through: what happens when cells cannot satisfy the spindle assembly checkpoint

CL Rieder, H Maiato - Developmental cell, 2004 - cell.com
Cells that cannot satisfy the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) are delayed in mitosis (D-
mitosis), a fact that has useful clinical ramifications. However, this delay is seldom …

Non-canonical MLL1 activity regulates centromeric phase separation and genome stability

L Sha, Z Yang, S An, W Yang, S Kim, H Oh, J Xu… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Epigenetic dysregulation is a prominent feature in cancer, as exemplified by frequent
mutations in chromatin regulators, including the MLL/KMT2 family of histone …