Kinetochores accelerate centrosome separation to ensure faithful chromosome segregation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 906-918

  Mchedlishvili, Nunu ^a   Wieser, Samuel ^a,b   Holtackers, René ^a   Mouysset, Julien ^a   Belwal, Mukta ^a   Amaro, Ana C ^a   Meraldi, Patrick ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCAN; Centrosome; Kinetochore; Microtubule poleward flux; Mitosis; Mitotic spindle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL SEPARATION; CENTROMERE; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMETAPHASE; PROTEIN DEPLETION;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; PROMETAPHASE;

EID: 84855551873     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.091967     Document Type: Article

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