Chromosome segregation: Samurai separation of Siamese sisters

Authors
Glotzer, M
Citation
M. Glotzer, Chromosome segregation: Samurai separation of Siamese sisters, CURR BIOL, 9(14), 1999, pp. R531-R534
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Experimental Biology
Journal title
CURRENT BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
09609822 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
14
Year of publication
1999
Pages
R531 - R534
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(19990715)9:14<R531:CSSSOS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
How do cells ensure that sister chromatids are precisely partitioned in mit osis? New studies on budding yeast have revealed that sister chromatid sepa ration at anaphase requires endoproteolytic cleavage of a protein that main tains the association between sister chromatids.