Kinetochore function: The complications of becoming attached

Authors
Van Hooser, AA Heald, R
Citation
Aa. Van Hooser et R. Heald, Kinetochore function: The complications of becoming attached, CURR BIOL, 11(21), 2001, pp. R855-R857
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Experimental Biology
Journal title
CURRENT BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
09609822 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
21
Year of publication
2001
Pages
R855 - R857
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(20011030)11:21<R855:KFTCOB>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Kinetochores are specialized protein complexes assembled on centromeric DNA that connect to spindle microtubules and mediate proper chromosome segrega tion during cell division. Recent results have implicated specific kinetoch ore proteins in microtubule attachment.