Chromosome segregation: dual control ensures fidelity

Curr Biol. 1999;9(15):R562-4. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(99)80355-8.

Abstract

A mitotic checkpoint arrests cell cycle progression in response to spindle damage. It now appears that this checkpoint has two separate arms, one that prevents anaphase and a second that prevents cytokinesis and DNA re-replication.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anaphase / physiology
  • Animals
  • Calcium-Binding Proteins / physiology
  • Carrier Proteins*
  • Cell Cycle / physiology
  • Cell Cycle Proteins*
  • Cell Division / physiology
  • Chromosomes / physiology*
  • Chromosomes, Fungal / physiology
  • DNA Replication
  • Fungal Proteins / physiology
  • Kinetochores / physiology
  • Mad2 Proteins
  • Mitosis / physiology*
  • Models, Biological
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / cytology
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / physiology
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins*
  • Spindle Apparatus / physiology

Substances

  • BUB2 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Calcium-Binding Proteins
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Fungal Proteins
  • MAD2 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Mad2 Proteins
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins